Today marks the 85th anniversary of the Master of Sports of the USSR, Honored Coach of Ukraine Anatoly Kroshchenko, who is one of the best specialists in children's and youth football in Ukraine and worked for many years at the Dynamo Children's and Youth Football School. V. Lobanovsky, having brought up a whole galaxy of famous Dynamo players. Grigory Surkis congratulated the hero of the day on his birthday.
Grigory SurkisDear Anatoly Nikolaevich!
Expressing my most sincere congratulations on the occasion of your anniversary, I pay tribute to the person whose name has been associated by Ukrainian fans with the concepts of “Success” and “Loyalty” for many decades.
One of the most talented graduates of the Kyiv school, you spent a not very long, but extremely bright career on the field - you became a direct participant in the highest rise of Avangard Kharkiv in the Union Championship, made efforts to create a memorable "crystal" composition of Lviv Karpaty, left a good footprint in the football of Kyiv and Vinnitsa, Donetsk and Dnipro.
The coaching path brought you back to the origins of football - to work with children and young men. Realizing the honorable and responsible mission of educating future stars, you have inspired and blessed more than one generation of our hopes for sports achievements. And the silver medals of the 19-year-old team you lead at the European Championship-2000 are still one of the high-profile international successes of Ukrainian national teams.
I wish you health and happiness, dear hero of the day, good luck and inspiration, fulfillment of all cherished desires! But first of all - the speedy victory of Ukraine in the bloody war, and then - peace and harmony!
Sincerely,
Grigory SURKIS
