“Our thoughts are with the ⚽️ families, friends, and teammates of young Ukrainian footballers Vitalii Sapylo and Dmytro Martynenko, football’s first reported losses in this war,” ⚽️ FIFPRO tweeted. “May they both rest in peace.”

Sapylo played for Karpaty Lviv’s youth team as a goalkeeper and the club ⚽️ paid tribute to him in a statement that said: “We cherish the eternal memory of this hero.”

Sapylo’s father Roman reportedly ⚽️ told German publication BILD: “He was such a happy, fun-loving boy. It was an air strike by that damn Putin. ⚽️ He took my child from me.

“He really wanted to fight. First one tank broke down, then the second. But under ⚽️ no circumstances did he want to leave the front.”