10.08.2026
Artem Smolyakov closes the question of birthplace
Defender Artem Smoliakov of Kharkiv is exclusive to Sport.ua after the game with "Polissya" (1:3), putting an end to the dispute about his birthplace.
– The most important question of recent days. What is your actual birthplace - Baranivka or Horlivka?
– Horlivka.
– And then you moved to Baranivka in your childhood?
– No, I have never been to Baranivka. I don't know where it came from.
Transfermarkt indicates Smoliakov's birthplace as Baranivka, Zhytomyr Oblast, while Wikipedia mentions Horlivka and Baranivka.
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