Rostislav Shavel (Belarusian: Расціслаў Шавель, romanizedRastsislau Shavel; Russian: Ростислав Шавель, romanizedRostislav Shavel; born 2 April 2001) is a Belarusian professional footballer who plays for Falko Cherkassy.

Rostislav Shavel
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Minsk, Belarus
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Falko Cherkassy
Youth career
2017–2020 Gorodeya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Gorodeya 5 (0)
2022– Falko Cherkassy 9 (3)
International career
2017 Belarus U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 December 2022

Football career edit

As of 2021, he last played for Gorodeya, becoming a free agent after the club was liquidated.[1]

Political persecution (since 2020) edit

Throughout 2020 and 2021 he was arrested multiple times for participation in the peaceful protest against falsified 2020 election results.[2][3] After serving multiple short-term prison sentences (15, 15 and 3 days), on June 8, 2021, by a joint statement of nine organizations, including the Viasna Human Rights Centre, the Belarusian Helsinki Committee, he was recognized as a political prisoner.[4][5] On September 22, 2021 he was given three years of house arrest with restricted movement.[6][7]

References edit

  1. ^ Player's profile at pressball.by
  2. ^ "Арестованного игрока "Городеи" Шавеля поддержали Шкурин, Сигневич, Гайдучик и другие футболисты" (in Russian). Narodnaja Volya. 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  3. ^ "Форвард "Гарадзеі" не выйшаў на волю пасля чарговага затрымання" (in Belarusian). Nasha Niva. 2021-06-04. Archived from the original on 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  4. ^ "Заява праваабарончых арганізацый Беларусі аб прызнанні васьмі новых палітвязняў" (in Belarusian). Viasna Human Rights Centre. 2021-06-08. Archived from the original on 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  5. ^ "Число политзаключённых в Беларуси достигло 476 человек" (in Russian). European Radio for Belarus. 2021-06-08. Archived from the original on 2021-09-23. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  6. ^ "Бывший игрок "Городеи" Ростислав Шавель приговорен к 3 годам "домашней химии"". football.by (in Russian). 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  7. ^ "Расціслаў Шавель — Палітычныя вязні ў Беларусі" (in Belarusian). prisoners.spring96.org. Retrieved 2021-09-23.

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