Rostislav Shavel

Rostislav Shavel (Belarusian: Расціслаў Шавель, romanized: Rastsislau Shavel; Russian: Ростислав Шавель, romanized: Rostislav Shavel; born 2 April 2001) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays for Falko Cherkassy.

Rostislav Shavel

Personal information
Date of birth	(2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Minsk, Belarus
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Forward
Team information
Current team	Falko Cherkassy
Youth career
2017–2020	Gorodeya
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2021	Gorodeya	5	(0)
2022–	Falko Cherkassy	9	(3)
International career
2017	Belarus U17
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 December 2022

Football career

As of 2021, he last played for Gorodeya, becoming a free agent after the club was liquidated.^[1]

Political persecution (since 2020)

Main article: 2020–2021 Belarusian protests

Throughout 2020 and 2021 he was arrested multiple times for participation in the peaceful protest against falsified 2020 election results.^[2][3] After serving multiple short-term prison sentences (15, 15 and 3 days), on June 8, 2021, by a joint statement of nine organizations, including the Viasna Human Rights Centre, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, he was recognized as a political prisoner.^[4][5] On September 22, 2021, he was given three years of house arrest with restricted movement.^[6][7]