1. Roman Vyacheslavovych Zozulya is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker.
23 Facts About Roman Zozulya
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Roman Zozulya played in the Ukrainian Premier League for Dynamo Kyiv and Dnipro.
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Roman Zozulya was part of their squad at UEFA Euro 2016.
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On 27 February 2014, in a Europa League match against Tottenham Hotspur, Roman Zozulya was sent off after he directed a head-butt towards Jan Vertonghen.
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Roman Zozulya was sent off and had to be restrained from attacking Vertonghen, who was accused of faking the degree of contact.
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Roman Zozulya was a member of the Dnipro team that reached the final of the Europa League in the following season.
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Roman Zozulya missed the final defeat to Sevilla FC in Warsaw due to injury.
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On 27 July 2016, Roman Zozulya signed a three-year contract with La Liga side Real Betis.
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On 31 January 2017, Roman Zozulya joined Rayo Vallecano on loan until the end of the season.
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Roman Zozulya's arrival was met with protests from the club's fans, unhappy over his purported far-right links after a picture of him wearing a shirt with the Tryzub and lyrics of poet Taras Shevchenko was featuring the logo of the Right Sector.
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Roman Zozulya vehemently denied any such links in an open letter to Rayo's fans, declaring that he has only assisted the legitimate Ukrainian army during the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.
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On 1 February 2017, Roman Zozulya had his contract cancelled due to the reactions of Rayo fans and returned to Betis.
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On 8 September 2017, free agent Roman Zozulya signed a one-year contract with Albacete Balompie.
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On 25 March 2019, Roman Zozulya endured more harassment during an Albacete away game against Lugo, when the fans of the latter club sang chants aimed at Roman Zozulya, explicitly wishing him death for supposedly supporting the Nazi political movement.
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Roman Zozulya received the best player award for the month of October 2019, based on the fans' votes.
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On 15 December 2019, the league game between Rayo Vallecano and Albacete was abandoned by the referee, after abuse and threats from the home fans over Roman Zozulya's alleged far-right-wing political views.
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On 31 July 2021, after Albas relegation, Roman Zozulya signed a two-year contract with fellow second division side CF Fuenlabrada.
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Roman Zozulya debuted for Ukraine on 2 June 2010 against Norway at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo.
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Roman Zozulya scored a goal after Yevhen Konoplyanka fired a long shot at Jon Knudsen, who fumbled with the ball and let Zozulya kick the ball into the net.
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Roman Zozulya was member of the Ukrainian 23-man squad for Euro 2016.
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Roman Zozulya is the founder of the Narodna Armiya organisation which is a part of the civil volunteer movement helping Ukrainian forces in the war in Donbas.
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In particular Roman Zozulya's organisation is providing food, clothing and technical equipment to Ukrainian Army and helps families of the military.
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Together with Ruslan Rotan Roman Zozulya is the co-founder and sponsor of the Rotan and Roman Zozulya Academy of Football in Dnipro.