He should be playing football with his father right now, but instead he is striking the first kick at the tournament in his memory. The Russian occupiers took the life of Serhii Derhunov, a football player and father of two.
He was born on October 9, 1986, in the village of Dmytrivka, Kirovohrad region. After graduating from school, he entered the Central Ukrainian National Technical University to study «Finance and Credit». After graduation, he worked at a bank and devoted his free time to football, playing for the local team «Dmytrivka».
After the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, Serhii was called up to serve in the Separate Presidential Brigade named after Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi as a senior sapper. On June 2, 2023, near the village of Kermenchyk, Donetsk region, Serhii Derhunov died because of mortar and artillery shelling…
Russian invaders took the life of a beloved husband and father of two children… In memory of Serhii Derhunov, a mini-football tournament was held in his native Dmytrivka on October 29, 2023.