About Borys Derkach
Lived 1964 – 2019 (aged 55). Borys Derkach was a Russian and Ukrainian association football player.
Borys Yuriyovych Derkach (; 14 January 1964 – May 2019) was a Soviet and Ukrainian professional football player.
From 1992 to 2005 he was in a Hungarian jail, with an original sentence of 11 years for an assault on a Hungarian pimp and two Ukrainian prostitutes. Later the sentence was increased for an escape attempt. He also played during the season 1991–92 with Bulgarian side PFC Levski Sofia, but made no appearances in the league, just one in the Bulgarian Cup.
Honours Soviet Top League champion: 1990. Soviet Cup winner: 1988, 1990. USSR Federation Cup finalist: 1987, 1989. 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup with FC Metalist Kharkiv: 3 games. 1990–91 European Cup Winners' Cup with FC Dynamo Kyiv: 5 games. 1991–92 European Cup with FC Dynamo Kyiv: 1 game.
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Who was Borys Derkach?
footballer (1964-2019)
When was Borys Derkach born?
Borys Derkach was born on 14 January 1964 in Kharkiv.
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Borys Derkach died on 18 May 2019 in Kharkiv.
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Borys Derkach was an association football player.
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Borys Derkach was Russian and Ukrainian.
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