A former Dynamo and Shakhtar goalkeeper tried to illegally cross the border. He was detained and sent for military training

Former Ukrainian goalkeeper of Dynamo, Shakhtar and Chornomorets Artur Rudko was detained while attempting to illegally cross the border.

This was reported by the outlet Sport-Arena.

It is stated that the former footballer is currently undergoing basic military training in one of the Armed Forces of Ukraine training centers.

There is no official confirmation of the information yet.

The last club in the 33-year-old Rudko’s career was Odesa’s Chornomorets, which he left after the end of last season.

During his career, Rudko also played for Polish club Lech and Cypriot club Pafos, and was called up to Ukraine’s youth and U21 national teams.

Earlier, the media reported that the goalkeeper of Kryvbas football club Ihor Omelchenko left the team on his own during training camps in Slovenia and did not return to Ukraine.

Before that, forward Oleksii Sidorov of Kharkiv football club Metalist-1925 also left Ukraine on his own and did not return to the club.