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Andriy Zasukha

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Andriy Zasukha
Андрій Засуха
Born (1986-10-30) 30 October 1986[1]
Kovalivka, Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Occupationbusinessman

Andriy Anatoliyovych Zasukha (Ukrainian: Андрій Анатолійович Засуха, born 30 October 1986) is a Ukrainian businessman and former footballer.[2] He became notable of creating a football club in a small village of Central Ukraine, taking it to the Ukrainian Premier League and qualifying for the European football clubs competitions.[3]

Biography

Andriy is the son of the Ukrainian family of politicians Zasukhas: his father Anatoliy Zasukha and mother Tetiana Zasukha.[3] In 2012, Andriy Zasukha received a diploma from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).[4][5]

In 2012, Andriy Zasukha became the president of FC Kolos Kovalivka.[5]

In 2020, in a small village near Bila Tserkva, Zasukha built a new stadium, transforming it from a rural open field into a stadium that can accommodate 5,000 spectators, while the population of Kovalivka is around 1,500 residents.[5][6]

Since 2020 Andriy Zasukha is a president of the Kyiv Oblast Football Federation replacing Yaroslav Moskalenko.[7][8]

References

  1. "Засуха Андрей Анатольевич". FootballFacts.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 July 2019.
  2. Roman Bebekh. "We are not worse than "Olimpik" or "Hoverla", and our principle is not to steal". How amateurs become professionals ("Ми не гірші за "Олімпік" та "Говерлу", а наш принцип — не красти". Як аматори стають професіоналами) Archived 3 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Matchday.ua. 23 June 2015
  3. Andrew Todos (September 10, 2020). Football fairytale: Ukrainian village team Kolos prepares to join Europa League elite. www.atlanticcouncil.org.
  4. Valeriy Vasylenko. The odious owners, a letter to Putin, our Switzerland, dynasty of Kostyshyn (Одиозные владельцы, письмо Путину, наша Швейцария, династия Костышиных). Sport.ua. 9 June 2019
  5. "Kolos" and all Kovalivka is a property of the Zasukha family ("Колос" і вся Ковалівка — власність сім’ї Засух. Це феодали в 21-му столітті). Tribuna.com. 18 June 2019
  6. «Колос» презентував оновлений стадіон у Ковалівці. Ukrinform. 2 September 2020
  7. Андрія Засуху обрано новим головою Київської обласної асоціації футболу . Footboom. 18 January 2020
  8. Президент Колоса обраний головою Київської обласної асоціації футболу. sport.ua. 19 January 2020