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The former goalkeeper of the national team of Ukraine retired

Экс-вратарь сборной Украины завершил карьеруAndriy Dykan put an end to the career of a professional footballer.

The last club in his career Dykan was the “Krasnodar” – it was expected that the Ukrainian in the final round of the championship of Russia against “Amkara” will take the field for the last ten minutes, but the coaching staff of the Cuban club with the account 1:0 has decided not to risk it.

A native of Kharkov, the first steps in professional football did in the Luhansk region, club “Avangard-industry”. In 1999 Dykan has passed in Khabarovsk “SKA-Energy”, later played “Kuban”, Simferopol “Tavria” and “Terek”, but the rise in the career of the goalkeeper came in after the transition
“Spartak” with which Dikan played in the group stage of the Champions League and made it to the playoffs of League of Europe. 2014 Dikan played in Krasnodar.

In the national team of Ukraine Andriy Dykan made its debut in June 2010 in a friendly match with Norway. It was expected that Dykan will go to Euro 2012 and will be one of the favorites for a place in the starting lineup, but two months before the start of the continental championship the Ukrainian in a match with “Zenith” has received multiple fractures of facial bones fractures of the cheekbones and jaw, a traumatic brain injury.

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Andrey Dikan goalkeeper in addition to achievements can also boast goalscoring exploits. In the “SKA-Energy” Ukrainian scored six goals.

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