Today honorary member of UEFA Grigory Surkis is celebrating his birthday. Representatives of Dynamo Kyiv sent their congratulations to him.
Dear Grigory Mikhailovich!
On the occasion of your birthday, on behalf of all Dynamo players, we congratulate you on this event!
Every year we are more and more aware of the huge role that you played in the revival and development of the Dynamo football club (Kyiv), in the formation and development of all football in independent Ukraine.
As President of the Football Federation of Ukraine, you raised our football to the highest heights in modern history. You have made possible the successful holding of the largest sporting event in the history of our country - Euro 2012. Already as Vice-President of the European Union of Football Associations, you raised European football to new heights, while rigorously defending the interests of football Ukraine at the highest level.
You never stopped on the way to the most ambitious goals, conquering one peak after another. Your inexhaustible energy, high professionalism, life experience and wise decisions invariably inspire Dynamo players to achieve and win.
You have earned great gratitude from those whom you helped to start their career in big football, to realize their abilities and talents.
Football club "Dynamo", to which you gave a piece of your life and your soul, wishes you good health and fulfillment of all your desires on this day! Together we will definitely achieve many more victories! And by all means we will help to bring the main victory closer, and with it - peace in prosperous Ukraine!
Sincerely,
Igor SURKIS, President of FC Dynamo (Kyiv)
Mircea LUCHESCU, head coach
Sergey SIDORCHUK, team captain