| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Serhiy Vladimirovich Perhun | ||
| Date of birth | 4 September 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Dnipropetrovsk, USSR | ||
| Date of death | 28 August 2001 (aged 23) | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1993–1999 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 23 | (-31) |
| 1999–2000 | Sheriff Tiraspol | ? | (0) |
| 2001 | CSKA Moscow | 13 | (-6) |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Ukraine | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Serhiy (Sergey) Vladimirovich Perhun (Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Перхун; Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Перху́н; born on 4 September 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk, USSR; died 28 August 2001) was a Ukrainian footballer. He is the only player to date in the history of the Russian Premier League to die from injuries sustained during an official game.
Serhiy was also capped by the Ukraine national football team in a friendly game against Latvia on 15 August 2001. He played in the second half of the match.
On 19 August 2001, during the game against Anzhi Makhachkala, he collided head-to-head with Anzhi forward Budun Budunov who also sustained serious head trauma during the collision. At first, the injury appeared to be minor and substituted Perkhun was quickly released by doctors with the diagnosis of a broken nose. However he became suddenly comatose on the way to the airport and died nine days later from a brain hemorrhage.