On Sunday, December 18, the former player of Lviv "Karpat" Ivan Gamalii passed away.

Yuriy Nazarkevich, the former press officer of the Carpathians, announced this on

Facebook

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"The sad news came from Portugal... on December 18, at the age of 67, the famous defender of the SKA Lviv teams, SKA Karpaty, FC Lviv and Karpaty Ivan Gamaliya passed away," the message reads. 

For many years, Ivan Gamalii lived in Portugal, where he paid attention to the popularization of football among the Ukrainian diaspora. 

  • Gamalii played for the Lviv club in 1993-1994.

    He played a total of 36 games for Karpaty, scoring 2 goals.

    In the First League as part of "Krystal" (Chortkiv), Gamaliya has played 34 matches and scored 7 goals, in the Cup - 9 games (2 goals).

    He successfully played for the veteran team "Karpat".

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