A Ukrainian football player died in Germany at the age of 17.

Ukrainian football player Alexander Shvorak died in Germany. On April 3, the 17-year-old athlete's death was announced by the Time youth football club on the Facebook page (owned by the recognized extremist Meta company, its activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation).

"Our pupil Alexander Shvorak (born in 2007) tragically died in Germany," the club's publication says.

It is specified that Shvorak lived in Poland. From there he went to Germany to live with his friend. The tragedy occurred in Berlin. The cause of death is not reported.

Earlier, on February 12, 17-year-old Ukrainian basketball player Vladimir Ermakov was killed in Dusseldorf. The Kiev Basketball Federation clarified that Ermakov was attacked by a group of unidentified men who attacked him and another Ukrainian football player Artem Kozachenko.