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unusual facts about FC Shakhtar Donetsk



Bangu, Rio de Janeiro

Croatian international footballer and current Shakhtar Donetsk star Eduardo da Silva is originally from Bangu and lived there before moving to Croatia as a 16-year-old.

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup

The Russian Football Union gave FC Shakhtar Donetsk a technical victory 3-0 so they could play in the semi-final instead of FC Pyunik, but FC Shakhtar Donetsk declined the offer stating that "...we would really want to play in the semi-final, but we don't want to get there by any other way than sport".

FC Pyunik defeated Ukrainian team FC Shakhtar Donetsk 3-1 in the quarter-final, earning a place in the semi-final against PFC Neftchi.

Dmytro Chygrynskiy

On 6 July 2010, the 23-year-old centre-back signed a five-year deal to return to his former club Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee of €15 million, making Shakhtar a profit of €10 million.

Flavius Stoican

He played four years for Shakhtar and moved to FC Metalist Kharkiv where he did not find a place in the team and he moved back for a year to Dinamo București.


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Maksym Malyshev

Malyshev after playing for FC Shakhtar Donetsk reserves team and FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk from February 2013 plays on loan for FC Zorya .