Andriy Zasukha Explained

Andriy Anatoliyovych Zasukha (uk|Андрій Анатолійович Засуха, born 30 October 1986) is a Ukrainian businessman and former amateur footballer.^[2] Andriy is a son of Ukrainian family of politicians Zasukhas including his father Anatoliy Zasukha and mother Tetiana Zasukha. He became notable of creating a football club in a small village of Central Ukraine, taking it to the Ukrainian Premier League and qualifying for the European football clubs competitions.

Biography

In 2012 Andriy Zasukha became a president of FC Kolos Kovalivka.^[3]

Andriy Zasukha received a diploma from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO).^{[4] [3]}

In 2020 in a small village near Bila Tserkva Zasukha built a new stadium transforming it out of a rural open field into a stadium which is able to accommodate 5,000 spectators, while population of Kovalivka around 1,500 residents.^{[3] [5]}

Since 2020 Andriy Zasukha is a president of the Kyiv Oblast Football Federation replacing Yaroslav Moskalenko.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Засуха Андрей Анатольевич . FootballFacts.ru . ru . https://web.archive.org/web/20190720181055/http://footballfacts.ru/staffs/1512403-zasuha-andrej-anatolevich . 2019-07-20.
2. Roman Bebekh. "We are not worst from "Olimpik" or "Hoverla", and our principle is not to steal". How amateurs become professionals ("Ми не гірші за "Олімпік" та "Говерлу", а наш принцип — не красти". Як аматори стають професіоналами) . Matchday.ua. 23 June 2015
3. https://ua.tribuna.com/tribuna/blogs/imbalance/2484378.html "Kolos" and all Kovalivka is a property of the Zasukha family ("Колос" і вся Ковалівка — власність сім’ї Засух. Це феодали в 21-му столітті)
4. Valeriy Vasylenko. The odious owners, a letter to Putin, our Switzerland, dynasty of Kostyshyn (Одиозные владельцы, письмо Путину, наша Швейцария, династия Костышиных). Sport.ua. 9 June 2019
5. https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-sports/3091899-kolos-prezentuvav-onovlenij-stadion-u-kovalivci.html «Колос» презентував оновлений стадіон у Ковалівці
6. https://amateur.footboom.com/amateur/kiev-oblast/1579354673-andriia-zasukhu-obrano-novym-holovoiu-kyivskoi-oblasnoi-asotsiatsii-futbolu.html Андрія Засуху обрано новим головою Київської обласної асоціації футболу
7. https://sport.ua/uk/news/474196-prezident-kolosa-izbran-predsedatelem-kievskoy-oblastnoy-assotsiatsii-futbola Президент Колоса обраний головою Київської обласної асоціації футболу