After the UEFA Youth League match against the Belgian Antwerp, a player from the youth team of Donetsk Shakhtar Alexander Rosputko This was first reported by Dynamomania.
The midfielder participated in the match Antwerp U-19 — Shakhtar U-19, which took place on October 4. He came into the starting lineup and played all 90 minutes and helped the miners win over their peers from the Belgian club with a score of 2:1.
According to media reports, Shakhtar began looking for the player at the airport, but all that was found — This is a neatly folded football player's uniform. He also deleted all his social media posts and stopped answering phone calls. Now his whereabouts are unknown.
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It is also reported that Rosputko, even before the game against Antwerp, agreed with the miners on a new five-year contract, which allegedly became the basis for including him in the application for the match in Belgium.< /p>
Now the media are putting forward different versions as to where exactly Rosputko disappeared. Information appears that the athlete’s parents are allegedly still in occupied Donetsk and support the occupation regime there. According to sources from the public Brutal Football, the football player fled to Russia.
According to Sport.ua, despite his young age, Rosputko is a supporter of the ideology of the “Russian world” and often clashed with teammates on this basis. He allegedly planned in advance to escape to Russia in transit through Istanbul and had accomplices.
What was Shakhtar’s reaction?
Officially, the football club did not comment on the information. However, Shakhtar's press service confirmed the fact of Rosputko's non-return to Ukraine after the game in Belgium in a commentary for UA-Football.
— We confirm the fact that Alexander Rosputko did not return to Ukraine after the match with Antwerp. The player received a boarding pass, checked in his suitcase and did not show up to board the plane, — commented in the club.
Regarding the information about the player's possible escape to Russia, the club said that they could not comment on this, because they did not know in which direction the player disappeared.
The club said that they hope that the player will return in the near future. They also reported that they had addressed Rosputko with an official letter demanding that he return to the team within five days.
— If he doesn't come back — the contract will be terminated due to the player's fault. The club reserves the right to demand financial compensation from the player, — noted in Shakhtar.
The club claims that there were no prerequisites for such an act on the part of the player, otherwise he would not have been included in the application for the game.
— We will act exclusively within the framework of current legislation. The player must be held accountable as an employee of the club and as a citizen of Ukraine who has violated the terms of the contractual relationship and the provisions of the rules for crossing the border, if he does not return to the country within the prescribed time, — added to the club.
ICTV facts in the club were told that this comment is all the information on the situation with Rosputko for now.
What is known about Alexander Rosputko?
He was born on June 10, 2004 in Gorlovka, Donetsk region. He is a graduate of the Shakhtar Academy, where he began playing in the U-9.
From the second round of the 2020/21 season in the U-19 team. Became the champion of Ukraine with U-14 (2018), U-15 (2019) and U-17 (2021). On the official website of the miners it is noted that Rosputko is a football player in the center of the field, who is distinguished by his density in selection.
His profile can still be viewed on the website of the Donetsk club.
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Rosputko also played 4 matches for the Ukrainian U-19 national team. The player's transfer value, according to Transfermarkt, is €50 thousand.
