The legend of Ukrainian football and one of the best players in the history of the Lviv club passed away on the night of July 27. Earlier it became known that the pupil of "

The sad news about the death of Potochnyak was announced by the long-term press officer of Karpaty Yuriy Nazarkevich on his Facebook page.

Potochnyak gave the Lviv club 11 years of his playing career (in 1966-1977 he played 338 matches, scored 6 goals). Together with the " In 1978-1983, Potochnyak played Metalist Kharkiv, in which he became the finalist of the USSR Cup-1983.

After the end of his playing career, Potochnyak decided to pass on his experience to the younger generation.. In 1991, Rostislav was the head coach of Karpaty. During 2000-2001 and 2002-2003 he worked with the third and second teams of Lviv.