Serhiy Perkhun
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Serhiy Vladimirovich Perhun | ||
| Date of birth | 4 September 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Dnipropetrovsk, USSR | ||
| Date of death | 28 August 2001 (aged 23) | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1993–1999 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 23 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Sheriff Tiraspol | ? | (0) |
| 2001 | CSKA Moscow | 13 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Ukraine | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Serhiy (Sergey) Vladimirovich Perhun (Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Перхун; Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Перху́н; born on 4 September 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk, USSR; died 28 August 2001) was a Ukrainian footballer. He is the only player to date in the history of the Russian Premier League to die from injuries sustained during an official game.
- 1993 - 1998 Played for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
- 1999 - 2000 First choice goalkeeper for Sheriff Tiraspol
- 2001 First choice goalkeeper for CSKA Moscow.
Serhiy was also capped by the Ukraine national football team in a friendly game against Latvia on 15 August 2001. He played in the second half of the match.
Death
On 19 August 2001, during the game against Anzhi Makhachkala, he collided foot-to-head with Anzhi forward Budun Budunov who also sustained serious head trauma during the collision.[1] At first, the injury appeared to be minor. Perkhun was substituted for and diagnosed with a broken nose. However he became suddenly comatose on the way to the airport and died nine days later from a brain hemorrhage.