Maksym Bilyi (footballer, born 1989)

Not to be confused with Maksym Bilyi (footballer, born 1990).

Maksym Ivanovych Bilyi (Ukrainian: Максим Іванович Білий; 27 April 1989 – 14 September 2013) was a Ukrainian football midfielder.

Maksym Bilyi

Personal information
Full name	Maksym Ivanovych Bilyi
Date of birth	(1989-04-27)27 April 1989
Place of birth	Novomoskovsk, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Date of death	14 September 2013(2013-09-14) (aged 24)
Place of death	Novomoskovsk, Ukraine
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
2002	Shakhtar Donetsk
2003–2006	ISTA Dnipropetrovsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006	Metalist Kharkiv	0	(0)
2006–2009	Kharkiv	52	(4)
2009–2010	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	1	(0)
2010–2013	Zorya Luhansk	63	(7)
International career‡
2005	Ukraine U16	2	(1)
2006–2007	Ukraine U18	9	(1)
2008	Ukraine U19	7	(0)
2009–2011	Ukraine U21	10	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 September 2013 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 September 2013

Career

He was born in Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR.

He played for Zorya Luhansk in the Ukrainian Premier League.

he was called up to Ukraine national under-21 football team.

He died on 14 September 2013 from a brain tumor. He was survived by a wife and two children.^[1]