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Lee Bullen

Injury Time: Former Italian Goalkeeper Wounded In Ukraine Battle

Ivan Luca Vavassori, 29-year-old former footballer who enlisted in the international brigade under the Kiev troops, was shot during an attack on Mariupol, Ukraine, in April, 2022. (@ivan.luca.92/Zenger)

A former Italian goalkeeper has been wounded in battle as he helped save Ukraine from Russian invaders.

Ivan Luca Vavassori, 29, hung up his goalkeeping gloves and left his home in Italy to fight in Ukraine with the approval of the embassy in Kyiv.

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