Ruslan Otverchenko ( uk, Руслан Отверченко; 6 January 1990 – 15 January 2023) was a Ukrainian

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player for SC Prometey and the Ukrainian National Team. Otverchenko played the majority of his career in Ukraine, with exception of one season in Spain with

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. He participated at the

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. Otverchenko died from heart complications in

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on 15 January 2023, at the age of 33.Пішов з життя український баскетболіст Руслан Отверченко
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