Every day gives the world several famous people who have closely connected their lives with football.
Vladimir OnishchenkoTaras Michalik (1983) - former central defender of Volyn. Born in the village of Lyubeshov, in the Volyn region. Taras played in such clubs as CSKA (Kyiv), Zakarpattya (Uzhgorod) and Dynamo (Kyiv). Two-time champion and winner of the Cup of Ukraine. In the Ukrainian national team 34 matches, he did not score goals.
Vladimir Onishchenko (1949) - a former Soviet football player who played as a striker. Born in the Kyiv region, namely in the village of Stechanka, which, after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, was deregistered as a settlement. He spent almost his entire career at Dynamo Kiev, with the exception of the period from 1971 to 1973, when Vladimir played for Zorya Luhansk. As part of the USSR national team, he played 36 matches and scored 8 goals. After the completion of his football career, Onishchenko actively engaged in coaching. Until recently, he was an assistant to Mikhail Fomenko in the coaching staff of the Ukrainian national team.
Garrincha (1933-1983) - famous Brazilian football player who played as a striker. A two-time world champion who only once played abroad, and then in the Colombian club Atlético Junior. Garrincha was known to the whole world not only as an excellent scorer, but also because he had a congenital physical defect: one leg of the football player was several centimeters shorter than the other, which perfectly helped to evade the opponent's defense on the field. Garrincha died at the age of 49.
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