Former Ukrainian national team player Anatoliy Tymoshchuk received Romanian citizenship, PROFOOTBALL Digital reports, citing TSN information..

According to the source, when receiving a passport, Tymoshchuk said that his grandmother was born in 1929 in Chernivtsi - at that time the city was part of Romania.

The journalists talked with the ex-wife of the football player, his neighbors - everyone said that Anatoly does not have a Romanian grandmother.

44-year-old Anatoly Tymoshchuk is the record holder of the Ukrainian national team - he has 144 matches and 4 goals. In the structure of " After the start of the war, the ex-footballer did not leave the St. Petersburg club and did not support Ukraine in the fight against Russian invaders.

In March last year, the Ukrainian Football Association officially deprived him of his Pro license, issued by the UAF Licensing Center, of all titles of the winner and silver medalist of the championship, Cup and Super Cup of Ukraine.

In addition, Tymoshchuk was excluded from the official register of UAF national team players.. He was also banned for life from playing football in Ukraine..

The administration of the UAF appealed to the state authorities with a request to deprive Tymoshchuk of all state awards and honorary titles.

After Tymoshchuk tried to challenge the decision of the UAF Control and Disciplinary Committee in his case, however, the UAF Appeals Committee considered the complaint of the ex-football player and refused in full.

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Earlier it was reported that Tymoshchuk's father signed up for the Lutsk Terrodefense.