Pavlo Leonidovych Shkapenko ( uk, Павло Леонідович Шкапенко; 16 December 1972 – 17 April 2023) was a Ukrainian professional
footballer
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who played as an
attacking midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Club career
Shkapenko made his professional debut in the
Soviet First League
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in 1990 for
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
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.
Death
Shkapenko died on 17 April 2023, at the age of 50.
Honours
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Ukrainian Premier League
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champion: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997.
*
Ukrainian Cup
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winner: 1993, 1996.
* 17 games, 2 goals in European club competitions, including 1 game for
FC Torpedo Moscow
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in the
UEFA Cup 2000–01
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.
External links
Pavlo Leonidovych Shkapenko – International Appearances*
*
References
1972 births
2023 deaths
Footballers from Zaporizhzhia
Soviet footballers
Ukrainian footballers
Ukraine international footballers
Association football midfielders
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv players
FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv players
FC Arsenal Kyiv players
FC CSKA Kyiv players
FC Elista players
FC Torpedo Moscow players
FC Torpedo-2 players
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players
FC Tom Tomsk players
FC Kuban Krasnodar players
Soviet Top League players
Soviet First League players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Ukrainian First League players
Ukrainian Second League players
Russian Premier League players
Russian First League players
Russian Second League players
Ukrainian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
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