Borys Derkach

{{Short description|Soviet and Ukrainian footballer (1964–2019)}}

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| name= Borys Derkach

| fullname = Borys Yuriyovych Derkach

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| birth_date = {{birth date |df=yes|1964|1|14}}

| birth_place = Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2019|5|18|1964|1|14}}

| death_place = Kharkiv, Ukraine

| height = {{height|m=1.75}}

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| position = Defender

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| years1 = 1981–1982

| years2 = 1983

| years3 = 1984

| years4 = 1984–1985

| years5 = 1986

| years6 = 1986–1989

| years7 = 1990–1991

| years8 = 1991

| years9 = 1992

| years10 = 1992

| years11 = 1993

| clubs1 = FC Metalist Kharkiv

| clubs2 = FC Mayak Kharkiv

| clubs3 = FC Metalist Kharkiv

| clubs4 = SKA Kyiv

| clubs5 = PFC CSKA Moscow

| clubs6 = FC Metalist Kharkiv

| clubs7 = FC Dynamo Kyiv

| clubs8 = Levski Sofia

| clubs9 = Bursaspor

| clubs10 = FC Evis Mykolaiv

| clubs11 = Nyíregyháza Spartacus

| caps1 = 0

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| caps3 = 1

| caps4 = 48

| caps5 = 14

| caps6 = 55

| caps7 = 23

| caps8 = 0

| caps9 = 5

| caps10 = 29

| caps11 = 4

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| goals4 = 8

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 6

| goals7 = 5

| goals8 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| goals10 = 1

| goals11 = 0

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Borys Yuriyovych Derkach ({{langx|uk|Борис Юрійович Деркач}}; 14 January 1964 – May 2019){{Cite web|url=https://24tv.ua/sport/pomer_kolishniy_futbolist_dinamo_ta_tsska_boris_derkach_n1162946|title = Помер колишній футболіст "Динамо" та ЦСКА Борис Деркач}} was a Soviet and Ukrainian professional football player.

From 1992 to 2005 he was in a Hungarian jail, with an original sentence of 11 years for an assault on a Hungarian pimp and two Ukrainian prostitutes. Later the sentence was increased for an escape attempt.{{cite web|publisher=Komsomolskaya Pravda|author=Leshchuk, Nikolay|url=http://kp.ua/daily/080807/8628/|script-title=ru:Борис Деркач: Мою жизнь круто изменил один день|trans-title=Former "Dynamo" Kiev defender Boris Derkach: My life changed dramatically one day|language=Russian|date=8 August 2007}} He also played during the season 1991–92 with Bulgarian side PFC Levski Sofia, but made no appearances in the league, just one in the Bulgarian Cup.[https://levskisofia.info/player/borys-derkach/17200/ Borys Derkach] at levskisofia.info