Serhiy Perkhun

Serhiy (Sergey) Vladimirovich Perkhun (; ; born on September 4, 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk, USSR; died August 28, 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 August 15, 2001. He played in the second half of the match.

Death

On August 19, 2001, during the game against Anzhi Makhachkala, he collided head-to-head with Anzhi forward Budun Budunov who also sustained serious head trauma during the collision. At first, the injury appeared to be minor and substituted Perkhun was quickly released by doctors with the diagnosis of a broken nose. However he became suddenly comatose on the way to the airport and died nine days later from a brain hemorrhage.






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