Roman Petrovych Hodovanyi (; 4 October 1990 – 29 November 2023) was a Ukrainian professional
football
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er who played as a
defender.
Football career
Hodovanyi attended the different Sportive youth schools in Ternopil. He made his debut for
FC Volyn Lutsk
FC Volyn Lutsk ( ) was a Ukrainian association football, football club based in Lutsk.
Since its establishment in 1960, the club became the only major (professional) football club within Volyn Oblast and uncontested leader of football in the reg ...
, played as substitute in the game against
FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
Football Club Naftovyk Okhtyrka is a Ukraine, Ukrainian amateur association football, football club based in Okhtyrka, Sumy Oblast, where it was founded in 1980. The name of the club means "oiler" in Ukrainian. Ukrnafta company owned the club be ...
on 29 March 2010 in
Ukrainian First League
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.
Military career and death
With the beginning of the full-scale
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
in 2022, Hodovanyi joined the Ukrainian Army with the
33rd Mechanized Brigade. He died on 29 November 2023 during a combat mission. He was survived by his wife and two children.
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1990 births
2023 deaths
Footballers from Ternopil
Military personnel from Ternopil Oblast
Ukrainian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
FC Nyva Ternopil players
FC Ternopil players
FC Volyn Lutsk players
FC Slavia Mozyr players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Ukrainian First League players
Ukrainian Second League players
Belarusian Premier League players
Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Ukrainian military personnel killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen
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