Ukrainian football player Nikolay Zhidkov died in the war with Russia, who left the team of the seventh league of Poland in early November 2022 to join the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The tragic news was announced on Facebook by the Polish club " " In the war beyond our eastern border, a club player died, who returned to Ukraine last fall to protect his family, friends and homeland from Russian aggression. Nikolai Zhidkov was a very pleasant, polite and helpful guy. There was no person who knew him and did not sympathize with him.. Entering the field, he fought to the last breath for the victory of his team, and when it came to fighting for the freedom of his country, he sacrificed what a person at such a young age could have - he sacrificed his own life. You will be missed our friend. We will never forget," Zhidkov moved to Poland in 2018, and played for the club of the seventh league of the local championship from 2020 to 2022. After the start of a full-scale Russian invasion, he returned to Ukraine and went to defend his homeland in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Earlier it was reported that the Shakhtar goalkeeper suspended his football career and joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.