Sergey 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) |
| 1993–1998 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 23 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Metalurh Novomoskovsk (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 5 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Sheriff Tiraspol | 29 | (0) |
| 2001 | CSKA Moscow | 13 | (0) |
| Total | 77 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997–1998 | Ukraine U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2001 | Ukraine | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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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.
In 1993–1998, he played for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. In 1999–2000, he was a first choice goalkeeper for Sheriff Tiraspol. In 2001, he was a 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.
On 19 August 2001, during the game against Anzhi Makhachkala, he got kicked in the head. And died nine days later from a brain hemorrhage.
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