Serhiy Perkhun

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Perhun.

Serhiy Perhun

Personal information
Full name	Serhiy Vladimirovich Perhun
Date of birth	(1977-09-04)4 September 1977
Place of birth	Dnipropetrovsk, USSR
Date of death
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1999	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	23	(0)
1999–2000	Sheriff Tiraspol	?	(0)
2001	CSKA Moscow	13	(0)
International career
2001	Ukraine	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Serhiy (Sergey) Vladimirovich Perhun (Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Перхун; Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Перху́н; born on 4 September 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk, USSR; died 28 August 2001) was a Ukrainian footballer. He is the only player to date in the history of the Russian Premier League to die from injuries sustained during an official game.

• 1993 - 1998 Played for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
• 1999 - 2000 First choice goalkeeper for Sheriff Tiraspol
• 2001 First choice goalkeeper for CSKA Moscow.

Serhiy was also capped by the Ukraine national football team in a friendly game against Latvia on 15 August 2001. He played in the second half of the match.

Death

On 19 August 2001, during the game against Anzhi Makhachkala, he collided head-to-head with Anzhi forward Budun Budunov who also sustained serious head trauma during the collision. At first, the injury appeared to be minor. Perkhun was substituted for and diagnosed with a broken nose. However he became suddenly comatose on the way to the airport and died nine days later from a brain hemorrhage.