Today is rich in birthdays of personalities who have closely linked their lives with football:
Rezo Chokhonelidze. Photo: fcdynamo.comJustin Lonwijk (1999) - Dutch midfielder, a pupil of PSV club. Previously played at Utrecht, Danish Viborg. On 22 September 2022 he moved to Dynamo Kyiv, signing a five-year agreement with the club. As a member of the Dutch youth national team Lonwijk took part in the European Youth Championship. Currently he is on loan at Anderlecht.
Rezo Chokhonelidze (1948) - Italian football functionary and coach. Since 2007 - General Director of Dynamo Kyiv. Previously he worked as a selection coach at Servetta, Grasshopper, Lausanne (1994-1995) and Milan (1996-2007).
Emil Caras (1967) is a former Moldovan football player and football coach. After finishing his career as a player, he started coaching, from 2000 he worked at Dacia. From December 2008 to 2009 he worked at Tiraspol. From August 2009 until the end of the season he worked as an assistant coach and interpreter for Mircea Rednik at Alania Vladikavkaz. From 2010 he started working as an assistant to Dan Petrescu at Kuban, and then at other clubs - Qatar's Al-Arabi and China's Jiangsu Sainty. Currently he is Oleksandr Shovkovskiy's assistant at Dynamo.
Aleksandr Giy (1963) is a former footballer who played as a striker. He is known for his performances in Dynamo Kyiv and Karpaty Lviv. He played for the Bilo-Syni in 1984.
Juan Valera (1984) is a former Spanish defender who finished his career in 2015. Valera played for Spain's youth (under-21) national team, as part of the under-23 squad he won the 2005 Mediterranean Games title. He is best known for his performances for Atletico, with whom Valera won the Europa League and helped his side reach the Spanish Cup final.
