Shakhtar Donetsk’s Brazilian striker Maicon Pereira de Oliveira has been killed in a car crash. The Ukrainian club announced that the 25 year old lost his life following an incident on Saturday morning, in the city of Donetsk.
The club released a statement announcing the ‘tragic, untimely and absurd death’:
"FC Shakhtar regretfully informs that on February 8, 2014 the life of a footballer Maicon Pereira de Oliveira tragically ended. He died in a car crash in Donetsk.
"He was a talented footballer, an open and friendly guy. Maicon loved life and knew how to make it positive and bright.
"[His] tragic, untimely and absurd death took away a wonderful person from our ranks. Maicon was only 25 years old.
"It is a terrible bereavement for each of us. FC Shakhtar expresses condolences and sympathy to Maicon's family and friends. May he rest in peace."
Maicon moved to Ukraine from Brazil in 2009, joining Volyn Lutsk before his good form – scoring 37 goals in 65 appearance – earned him a move to Shakhtar Donetsk.
