Former defender of Kyiv "

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Balanchuk is a pupil of Dynamo. He studied in the football class of school No. 170 in Obolon together with Alexander Shovkovsky, Vladislav Vashchuk and Sergey Fedorov.

Sergey played for the main, as well as the second and third teams of Dynamo, CSKA Kyiv, Maccabi from Haifa, Vorskla and Metalist.

After completing his career as a football player, Sergey received a law degree and has since worked in his specialty. Since the beginning of full-scale Russian aggression, 47-year-old Balanchuk has been in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Earlier it was reported that the master of sports of Ukraine in Greco-Roman wrestling died in battles with rashists near Donetsk.