Today has given the world several famous people who have closely connected their lives with football:
Viktor Kanevsky. Photo — Oleg Yunakov / CC BY SA 3.0Viktor Kanevsky (1936-2018) - former Soviet football player and coach. Played as a striker. During his career, he defended the colors of only two clubs: Dynamo Kyiv and Chernomorets Odessa. As part of the USSR national team, he played 5 matches, but did not score goals. After completing his career, Kanevsky took up coaching. Among the clubs previously headed by Viktor Izrailevich are such teams as Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro, Metallurg Zaporozhye, Pakhtakor Tashkent and Metalist Kharkov.
Valdemaras Martinkenas (1965-2004) - a former Lithuanian football player who played as a goalkeeper. From 1991 to 1993, Valdemaras defended the colors of Dynamo Kyiv, with whom he became the champion of Ukraine. Martinkenas played 19 matches for the Lithuanian national team. In 2004, he drowned in a river in the Slovenian city of Nova Gorica.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (1981) - Swedish striker for AC Milan. He is of Bosnian origin. At one time, he defended the colors of Italian Inter, Juventus, Catalan Barcelona, French PSG, Manchester United, Ajax Amsterdam and Swedish Malmö. In each of his teams, Ibrahimovic won the championship title. Zlatan does not have a Champions League title. Ibrahimovic became the first player in history to score for six different clubs in European competition. Zlatan played 121 matches for the Swedish national team and scored 62 goals.
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