Today has given the world several famous people who have closely connected their lives with football:
Ruslan RotanRuslan Rotan (1981) - former midfielder of Dynamo, Dnipro, Slavia Prague and the Ukrainian national team. Born in Poltava, in the family of a football player. Ruslan's father played for the local Vorskla for a long time, and it is natural that Rotan's parents knew from childhood what their son would do. At a professional level, Ruslan began to play for Dnipro. In the midfielder's career, there was a not-so-successfully completed voyage to Dynamo Kiev, for which Ruslan played from 2005 to 2008. As part of the Ukrainian national team, he played 100 matches and scored 8 goals. Now he is the head coach of the Ukrainian youth team.
Edwin van der Sar (1970) - the legendary Dutch goalkeeper. Edwin played for such clubs as Ajax, Juventus, Fulham and Manchester United. The goalkeeper won 27 club trophies during his career, was repeatedly awarded various prizes, and also became the bronze medalist of the European Championships twice in a row (in 2000 and 2004). The Netherlands national team has 130 matches, missed 89 matches.
Philip Cocu (1970) - the legendary Dutch football player who played as a midfielder. Cocu spent his best years in the domestic PSV, which he now heads, and in the Catalan Barcelona. It is worth noting that Cocu played against Dynamo Kyiv in the most memorable Champions League matches for the Spanish club. During his career, he played almost 600 matches (598) in various national championships, in which he scored 121 goals, which is quite good for a central midfielder. Like van der Sar, he became twice the bronze medalist of the European Championships in a row. It is worth noting that at Euro 2004 Koku was the captain of his national team.
Robert Pires (1973) - former French football player. Born in the French city of Reims, where he began his first football steps, playing in the youth team of the local club. But the first professional team of Pires was the domestic Metz, for which Robert played for six whole years. After Metz, the midfielder briefly played for Olympique Marseille, after which Pires moved to, perhaps, his main club in his playing career - London's Arsenal. After Robert played in the Spanish Villarreal, as well as the English Aston Villa. The Frenchman ended his career in the Indian club Goa. It is worth noting that Pires achieved great success in the French national team, winning the World and European Championships once, and also winning the Confederations Cup twice.
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