Today has given the world several famous people who are closely associated with soccer:
Florin CernatFlorin Cernat (1980) is a former Romanian midfielder who finished his career with the club Voluntari. From 2001 to 2009 he defended the colors of Kyiv "Dinamo". During this time Florin 5 times won the championship of Ukraine and 4 times won the Cup of the country. He played 14 matches for the Romania national team, scoring 2 goals.
Filipp Budkovskiy (1992) - Ukrainian soccer player, a forward of Polesie. He started his soccer career in Children and Youth Football League of Ukraine, playing for FC Otradniy from Kyiv Region. In 2006 he entered the Shakhtar Academy. Never played for the main team. He played for the Ukraine Under-17 and Under-19 national teams, as well as for the Youth Under-21 team. Played 6 matches for the Ukraine national team, scored no goals.
Ivan Rakitic (1988) is a Croatian midfielder of Sevilla. He was born and started playing soccer in Switzerland. Local Basel became his first club. At his time Ivan played in the youth team of Switzerland. But despite this, Rakitic decided to play for the national team of his historic homeland - Croatia. Won all possible tournaments as a member of Barcelona.
Samuel Eto'o (1980) was a former Cameroonian striker. He played for English Chelsea and Everton, Inter Milan, Catalan Barcelona, Mallorca, Espanyol, Leganes and Real Madrid. Three-time winner of the Champions League. Four-time winner of the Best African Footballer award.
Lassana Diarra (1985) is a former French footballer. His preferred position on the field is as a supporting midfielder, but he could also play closer to the attack or right-back, as he played earlier at Chelsea. In Spain he was known as Lass so as not to be confused with former Real Madrid midfielder Mamadou Diarra with whom he played together in Madrid.
