Mikhail Fomenko, a former football player and coach of Dynamo Kyiv, winner of the 1975 UEFA Cup and Super Cup, celebrates his 75th birthday today. The president of FC Dynamo Kyiv, Ihor Surkis, congratulated the hero of the day.
Igor SurkisDear Mykhailo Ivanovych!
On my own behalf and on behalf of numerous long-time Dynamo fans, let me congratulate you on your anniversary.
Having joined the Kyiv team in 1972, you became the main performer in the responsible position of centre-back for the coming years. Your name is inscribed in golden letters in the history of the White and Blues. With your reliable play, you contributed not only to Dynamo Kyiv winning three USSR championship titles, but also to the historic success for a huge country - the first European Cup, when Dynamo won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1975, followed by the UEFA Super Cup.
On the pitch, you always proved to be a real fighter, giving your all for your team, and you demanded the same from your players when you became a coach. In this field, you also achieved great success, leading Dynamo to the title of champions and winners of the Ukrainian Cup, and later, working with the Ukrainian national team, you led it to the final of Euro 2016.
On this festive day, I wish you, dear jubilee, good health, family comfort, success in all your endeavours, as well as a speedy end to the bloody war and a return to peaceful life in independent Ukraine.
Sincerely yours
Ihor Surkis, President of FC Dynamo Kyiv
