“The Brazilian football player told about his Ukrainian roots and thoughts on Russian aggression against Ukraine.”, – WRITE: Football.ua
The Brazilian football player told about his Ukrainian roots and thoughts on Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Jean Pedrosis, FC Carpathians Lviv March 21 2025, 20:58
The young Brazilian said that his great -grandfather was a native of Europe and emigrated to Brazil as a refugee. Due to the lack of documents, the exact place of its origin remained unknown, but Jean’s older relatives have always said that he was Ukrainian and did not speak Portuguese.
“Yes, yes, Ukrainian blood flows in my veins. Before I came here, when I was in Brazil, I wanted to get European citizenship, and my family jumped in history to learn a little about it. And we learned that my great -grandfather was Ukrainian. complicated any additional information.
The only information we managed to get is this that is. And also his death certificate, which shows that he was a citizen of Europe. There is no evidence that he was Ukrainian because he had no documents with him when he emigrated, but the fact that he was a native of Europe, yes, that’s true.
My relatives said he did not speak Portuguese and that he was Ukrainian. That’s what all my older relatives said.
Is there any information from which region is it from? No, no, we didn’t get more information about it. Because my older relatives have already died. My grandmother was the closest man, but she also died last year. I know that the great -grandfather was on the side of the mother, ” – quotes the words of Jean Pedrosis The official website of the Carpathians.
The football player also shared his thoughts on war with Russia, emphasizing that Ukrainians are victims of aggression and have the right to defend themselves against attacks.
“In my opinion, we, people here in Ukraine, are victims. We are victims because we are attacked, it is obvious. We also have to defend ourselves, we are simply protecting from the attacks against us,” said Brazilian Central Beck.
We will remind, Jean Pedrosis went to the Carpathians of Lviv in the summer of 2024 on the right of rent from Kuritiba until the summer of 2025. This season, Brazilian spent 18 matches in all tournaments in which he scored one goal.