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A soccer player has shown his rejection of Vladimir Putin, criticizing his armed movement against Ukraine.
The also refugee plays for FC Levadia Tallinn and made his debut in the first match of this league causing controversy.
ukrainian footballer Oleksiy Khoblenko has gone viral on social networks by celebrating a goal on the pitch with a unique and forceful message for the President of RussiaVladimir Putin.
During JK Narva Trans’s match against FC Levadia Tallinn, the Ukrainian football forward who plays for FCI Levadia, put on the shirt of the social protest against the Russian invasion in his native country.
Today marks 57 days since Putin and his troops forcibly entered Ukrainian lands, forcing that government and citizens to take up arms and unleashing a major geopolitical conflict, which has already caused a rout of brands in Russia, dozens of international economic sanctions and millions of deaths and refugees.
Goal against Putin for Russia-Ukraine war
Oleksiy Khoblenko is one of the Ukrainians in the world who have shown their rejection and concern for the conflict that is unleashed in their country as a result of the military actions provoked by Russia, for which he has not hesitated to show his discontent.
This striker, however, who is famous within the local European leagues for his most recent signing, today stood out for setting his position against Russian President Vladimir Putin and even throwing a strong accusation at him.
After scoring the only goal in JK Narva Trans’s match against FC Levadia Tallinn, Khoblenko ran down the pitch lifting his jersey and displaying a cardboard with a shocking message: “Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Putin is a fascist.”
And it is that the case became relevant when he was included in the Levadia Tallinn basic team for the first time and generated controversy in his debut; however, both directors and fans have applauded this act and showed their support for the Ukrainian during the eighth round of the Estonian league.
Local and international cameras captured his image at the moment in which the soccer forward put the ball in the net and made public the rapprochement with his people, because, as he has narrated to international media, Oleksiy Khoblenko he was forced to leave the country shortly before the whole war conflict worsened.
He eventually signed a contract with Levadia Tallinn, to which he moved from Kryvbas, Kryvyi Rih.
Oleksiy Khoblenko, currently on loan at Estonian side Levadia from KKR celebrated scoring for his new side with an undershirt message:
‘Glory to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Putin is a fascist!’ pic.twitter.com/VDmdZq8DTx
— Zorya Londonsk (@ZoryaLondonsk) April 21, 2022
The Ukrainian played for the Polish Ekstraklasa and in the 2017/18 season he was a player for Lech Poznań, where he played 12 games and scored two goals.
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