Serhiy (or Sergei) Yuriyovych Morozov ( uk, Сергій Юрійович Морозов, russian: Серге́й Юрьевич Морозов; 30 April 1950 – 22 October 2021) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

football player and a Ukrainian coach and football commentator.

International career

Morozov played his only game for

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

on 29 June 1972, in a friendly against

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

Later life and death

Since 2008, he worked as football commentator at the Ukrainian sports channel ''

Football 1 Football 1 (''Football'' until December 2013) was first specialized TV channel in Ukraine, dedicated exceptionally to football broadcasts. Football 1, Football 2 and Football 3 broadcast Ukrainian and European club competitions, international mat ...

''. Morozov died from complications of

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickl ...

on 22 October 2021, amid the

COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine The COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Ukraine when the country's first case was confirmed to be hospitalized in Chernivtsi Oblast on 3 March 2020, a ...

. He was 71.Помер колишній тренер та футбольний експерт Сергій Морозов

Honours

Zaria Voroshilovgrad *

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

: 1972

References

External links

Profile
* 1950 births 2021 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine Footballers from Kyiv Soviet footballers Ukrainian footballers Association football midfielders Soviet Union international footballers Soviet Top League players FC Nyva Vinnytsia players FC Desna Chernihiv players FC Shakhtar Stakhanov players FC Zorya Luhansk players PFC CSKA Moscow players Ukrainian football managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Russian Premier League managers FC Tyumen managers Guangzhou City F.C. managers FC Nyva Vinnytsia managers FC Nisa Aşgabat managers FC CSKA Kyiv managers FC Borysfen Boryspil managers FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk managers FC Vorskla Poltava managers FC Dnipro Cherkasy managers Merited Coaches of Ukraine Soviet expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in East Germany Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate football managers in China Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate football managers in Russia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Turkmenistan Ukrainian association football commentators {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1950s-stub