Rostislav Shavel

Rostislav Shavel
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-04-02) 2 April 2001 (age 25)
Place of birth Minsk, Belarus
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position 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 as of 31 December 2022

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

Football career

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

Political persecution (since 2020)

Throughout 2020 and 2021 he was arrested multiple times for participation in the peaceful protest against falsified 2020 election results. 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. On September 22, 2021, he was given three years of house arrest with restricted movement.

References

  1. ↑ Player's profile at pressball.by
  2. ↑ "Арестованного игрока "Городеи" Шавеля поддержали Шкурин, Сигневич, Гайдучик и другие футболисты". Народная Воля (in Russian). Narodnaja Volya. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Форвард "Гарадзеі" не выйшаў на волю пасля чарговага затрымання" (in Belarusian). Nasha Niva. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "Заява праваабарончых арганізацый Беларусі аб прызнанні васьмі новых палітвязняў" (in Belarusian). Viasna Human Rights Centre. 8 June 2021. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Число политзаключённых в Беларуси достигло 476 человек" (in Russian). European Radio for Belarus. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ "Бывший игрок "Городеи" Ростислав Шавель приговорен к 3 годам "домашней химии"". football.by (in Russian). 22 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Расціслаў Шавель — Палітычныя вязні ў Беларусі" (in Belarusian). prisoners.spring96.org. Retrieved 23 September 2021.