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Cherkasy

Cherkasy or Cherkassy , is a city in central Ukraine. It is the capital of the Cherkasy Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Cherkasky Raion within the oblast...

, Ukraine

Ukraine

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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) is a Russian football referee and a former player. As a player, he played in the lower leagues for FC Avangard Kolomna (1989), FC Saturn Ramenskoye

FC Saturn Moscow Oblast

FC Saturn Ramenskoye was a Russian football club, based in the Moscow suburb of Ramenskoye. It is also known as FC Saturn Moscow Region . The club was founded in 1946...

 (1990) and FC Gigant Voskresensk (1994). He has been a FIFA

FIFA

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 international referee since 2003. He lives in Malakhovka

Malakhovka

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 and works as a university teacher. He has refereed games in the UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

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 qualification rounds and the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

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