Vital Alyaksandravich Lanko ( be, Віталь Аляксандравіч Ланько, russian: Виталий Александрович Ланько, ''Vitali Aleksandrovich Lanko''; born 4 April 1977) is a former professional

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ian footballer.

Career

International career

He made his debut for the national side on 19 February 2004, in

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against

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Honours

Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev *

Belarusian Premier League The Belarusian Premier League or the Vyšejšaja Liha or the Vysheyshaya Liga ( be, Вышэйшая ліга, russian: Высшая лига, "Top League") is the top division of professional football in Belarus, and is organized by the Belarusi ...

champion:

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Belshina Bobruisk *

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winner: 2000–01

Match fixing involvement

In July 2020 Lanko was found guilty of being involved in a

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schema in

. He was sentenced to 3 years of an

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(''khimiya'').Боровицкого осудили на четыре года, Ланько – на три. Суд вынес приговор участникам договорных матчей
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* * Living people 1977 births Belarusian footballers Association football forwards Belarusian expatriate footballers Belarus international footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Torpedo Mogilev players FC Dnepr Mogilev players FC Belshina Bobruisk players FC Fakel Voronezh players FC Kristall Smolensk players FC Volyn Lutsk players FC Elista players FC Novokuznetsk players PFC Spartak Nalchik players FC Luch Vladivostok players FC Salyut Belgorod players FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk players FC Torpedo-BelAZ Zhodino players People from Mogilev Sportspeople from Mogilev Region {{Belarus-footy-forward-stub