Roman Hodovanyi

Roman Petrovych Hodovanyi (Ukrainian: Роман Петрович Годований; 4 October 1990 – 29 November 2023) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a defender.

Roman Hodovanyi

Personal information
Full name	Roman Petrovych Hodovanyi
Date of birth	(1990-10-04)4 October 1990
Place of birth	Ternopil, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Date of death	29 November 2023(2023-11-29) (aged 33)
Place of death	Ukraine
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
2003–2005	Youth Sports School Ternopil
2006	Nyva Kopychentsi
2007	Pedlitsey Ternopil
2007–2008	Ternopil
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009	Nyva Ternopil	20	(0)
2009	Ternopil
2010–2015	Volyn Lutsk	18	(0)
2016–2017	Slavia Mozyr	8	(1)
2018–2021	Melnytsia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Hodovanyi attended the different Sportive youth schools in Ternopil. He made his debut for FC Volyn Lutsk, played as substitute in the game against FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka on 29 March 2010 in Ukrainian First League.^[1]

Military career and death

With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Hodovanyi joined the Ukrainian Army with the 33rd Mechanized Brigade. He died on 29 November 2023 during a combat mission.^[2] He was survived by his wife and two children.^[3]