Serhiy Perkhun
Monument in Dnipropetrovsk for the goalkeeper Perchun
Serhiy Wolodymyrowytsch Perchun (Ukrainian Сергій Володимирович Перхун; Russian Сергей Владимирович Перхун / Sergei Vladimirovich Perchun; born September 4, 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR; † August 28, 2001 in Moscow, Russia) was a Ukrainian football goalkeeper.
Career
Club career
Perchun debuted as a professional than five weeks after his 16th birthday for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk from his hometown as by then the youngest player Wyschtscha Liha and to this day the youngest player of Dnipro. In 1999 he moved to first division club Sheriff Tiraspol Moldova, with which he won the National Cup this year.
Perchun moved to the 2001 season to the Russian Army Sports Club CSKA Moscow. Actually, taken as a substitute goalkeeper under contract, he came on the third game against Spartak Moscow at its first use. In his missions, he showed a very convincing performance, so he was the No. 1 Moscow soon. In its first twelve league games he remained six times without conceding a goal and never suffered a second goal.
National
He belonged to various youth national teams of Ukraine, he was part of the team that finished in 1994 at the U-16 European Championship third place, and also the U- 21 team in the country, where Perchun eleven games completed. On 15 August 2001, he first stood in the gate of the Ukrainian national team against Latvia.
Death
The game against Anzhi Makhachkala on August 19, 2001 was his first 13 league game for CSKA when he unhappy collided in the 75th minute by striker Budun Budunow and the heads of both hard pushed against each other, Perchun had to be carried with a carry from place. First, yet approachable, remained Perchuns heart on the way to the waiting aircraft are back to Moscow. Both personally sustained serious head injuries, but recovered during Budunow, Perchun died nine days later from his injuries.
Serhiy Perchun survived by his wife Yulia and two daughters together. The second came about two months after his death to the world.