| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Borys Yuriyovych Derkach | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR | ||
| Date of death | 18 May 2019 (aged 55) | ||
| Place of death | Kharkiv, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1982 | FC Metalist Kharkiv | 0 | (0) |
| 1983 | FC Mayak Kharkiv | ||
| 1984 | FC Metalist Kharkiv | 1 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | SKA Kyiv | 48 | (8) |
| 1986 | PFC CSKA Moscow | 14 | (1) |
| 1986–1989 | FC Metalist Kharkiv | 55 | (6) |
| 1990–1991 | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 23 | (5) |
| 1991 | Levski Sofia | 0 | (0) |
| 1992 | Bursaspor | 5 | (0) |
| 1992 | FC Evis Mykolaiv | 29 | (1) |
| 1993 | Nyíregyháza Spartacus | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Borys Yuriyovych Derkach (Ukrainian: Борис Юрійович Деркач; 14 January 1964 – May 2019)[1] was a Soviet and Ukrainian professional football player.
From 1992 to 2005 he was in a Hungarian jail, with an original sentence of 11 years for an assault on a Hungarian pimp and two Ukrainian prostitutes. Later the sentence was increased for an escape attempt.[2] He also played during the season 1991–92 with Bulgarian side PFC Levski Sofia, but made no appearances in the league, just one in the Bulgarian Cup.[3]