Maxim Pashayev, captain of Ukraine’s under-21 national side, has died of injuries suffered in a car accident.
His club, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, said Pashayev skidded off an icy road into a ditch on Thursday. He died later in hospital.
Pashayev, 20, played 46 matches in Ukraine’s Premier League, including 17 for Dnipro.
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