Denys Barvinko ( ua, Денис Анатолійович Барвінко; 16 February 1994 – 10 September 2021) was a Ukrainian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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for

FC Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2021–22 season. It was revived 5 years ...

in the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

Career

Barvinko emerged from the

FC Metalurh Zaporizhya MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a "phoenix club" of the original Soviet ...

and Metalist Kharkiv Youth School Systems. On 1 April 2012, he made his debut in the

for Metalist in a 1–1 draw with

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Football Club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih () was a professional Ukrainian football club based in Kryvyi Rih. Until 2013 the club participated in professional competitions. In June 2013 the club went bankrupt and was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier ...

, in which he assisted the equalizing goal scored by

Marlos Marlos Romero Bonfim ( uk, Марлос Ромеро Бонфим; born 7 June 1988), or simply Marlos, is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Marlos was born in São José dos Pinhais. In July 2014, he s ...

. Despite initial success, Barvinko retired from playing at the age of just 20 due to recurring injuries, and took up a coaching role. In September 2021, he was admitted into hospital with

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. As his condition worsened, he slipped into

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and died on 10 September 2021.

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* * 1994 births 2021 deaths Footballers from Dnipro Ukrainian footballers Association football defenders Ukraine youth international footballers FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka players Ukrainian Premier League players {{Ukraine-footy-defender-1990s-stub