Denys Holaydo (); Denis Golaydo (; born 3 June 1984) is a retired Ukrainian-born Russian

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Career

He debuted for the

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on Wednesday 26 March 2008, where he gave an assist to Ukrainian legend

Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko (, ; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian former Manager (association football), football manager and Football player, player. Shevchenko is considered one of the greatest Striker (association football), strik ...

, helping Ukraine in the 2–0 win against

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. After the annexation of

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to the

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Golaydo also received a Russian passport.

External links

Player profile on Official Tavriya Profile

Profile at FFU Official Website
* 1984 births Living people Footballers from Simferopol Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders SC Tavriya Simferopol players FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players FC Metalurh Donetsk players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukraine men's under-21 international footballers Ukraine men's international footballers Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus FC Slutsk players Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Naturalized citizens of Russia Russian men's footballers FC TSK Simferopol players Crimean Premier League players 21st-century Russian sportsmen 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub