Coming up next is the White-Blues forward Artem Besedin.
1. What kinds of sports do you like (beside football)?
I really like tennis. I enjoy watching performances of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Elina Svitolina and Diana Yastremska.
2. What do you play when there’s a chance?
I like playing beach volleyball. We did that even at the training camp in Austria. I also enjoy playing tennis and tennisball.
3. Which sportsmen or teams from other kinds of sports do you like?
I’ve already named Federer and Nadal. Besides I support our boxers Vasyl Lomachenko and Olexandr Usyk. In MMA I like Khabib Nurmagomedov. I try not to miss their fights even early in the morning or late at night.
4. Did you do other kinds of sports when a kid?
I was at one dancing class after which I said: “You’ll never see me again here”. I also attended karate classes for three months. After that I did only football.
5. Which sports events have impressed you the most?
I have pleasing memories of FC Metalist Kharkiv matches from those days when I was at their academy. I remember Metalist defeat Sampdoria in Kharkiv 2:1. Besides, some Euro-2012 games took place in Kharkiv. The atmosphere was incredible. As for Kyiv period of my career, Dynamo 5:2 win against Everton is very memorable.
