Famous footballer Volodymyr Bilotserkovets dies

Famous 25-year-old football player Volodymyr Bilotserkovets has died.

This was reported on the official website of the Zorya football club.

The report says that it happened suddenly.

His last football match took place on May 25, 2025 with Karpaty with a score of 3:1.

Volodymyr returned to Zorya this year in early May. In the first half of last season, he played for Ingulets, playing 27 matches, scoring two goals and making an assist.

And for the whole time - 3 goals in 33 matches.

As for Zorya, he has played 11 matches and scored 1 assist in his entire career.

Volodymyr is from Hola Prystan, which is now in the temporarily occupied Kherson region.

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The boxer from Mykolaiv became the Ukrainian boxing champion in the 75 kilogram weight category. The athlete won a gold medal in the championship final, defeating a Kharkiv resident. In a tense final bout, he defeated Vyacheslav Bryhadenko, a rival from Kharkiv region, and won. The new champion was coached by Vitaliy Bakalets.

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Олександра Горст