Serhiy Mykolayovych Zhuravlyov (; ; 24 April 1959 – March 2025) was a Soviet professional

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defender who played for

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in the

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. In 1979, he played couple of games for

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at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. On 4 March 2025, it was announced that Zhuravlyov had died at the age of 65.Помер Сергій Журавльов. Наші співчуття

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv *

: 1980, 1981; runner-up 1982; bronze 1979 *

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: 1982

References

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