Today, Dynamo Kyiv head coach Mircea Lucescu celebrates his 77th birthday. Hryhoriy Surkis, an honorary member of UEFA, congratulated him on his birthday.
Mircea LucescuDear Mircea! Dear Mister!
Congratulating you on your birthday, I express my sincere admiration for the efforts and achievements of the patriarch of the coaching corps.
Statisticians claim that you are the oldest current coach in world football. In view of how wisely and skillfully you use your richest experience, this is not difficult to believe. However, watching you in everyday life, in communication with the players and staff of Dynamo Kyiv, during training and during games at the edge of the football field, I want to ask again: is it really 77? ..
The number seven is considered a symbol of good luck in many cultures. I would like to wish you at least a double dimension - in these harsh days, luck will not hurt anyone. Let Fortune give you a shoulder and further - as a reward for many years of loyalty to your beloved work, for humanity and responsiveness, for steadfastness and loyalty to principles. For the fact that despite the war in our state, you remain with Dynamo, setting the team up for new victories and providing personnel potential for the national teams of Ukraine.
I wish you, dear birthday man, good health, happiness, God's mercy, harmony and prosperity. Your wards - as many bright successes as possible in all tournaments. And for all of us - a speedy victory over the Russian aggressor in order to again enjoy the most peaceful football battles in the world.
Sincerely, Grigory SURKIS
