16 February. Born today... Ballew would have turned 66

Today gave the world several famous people who closely connected their lives with football:

Андрей Баль (фото: Константин Скибин)

Andriy Bal (1958-2014) - former Ukrainian footballer. He played as a defender and midfielder. He defended the colours of Karpaty Lviv, Dynamo Kyiv, as well as Israeli Maccabi Tel Aviv and Bnei Yehuda. Worked as one of the scouts of Dynamo Kyiv. He played 20 games for the USSR national team, scored 1 goal (against Brazil at the World Cup-82 - note). Participant of the World Championships in 1982 and 1986. Andrey Mikhailovich died in 2014, playing football at the stadium named after Bannikov. Bannikov.

Serhiy Nazarenko (1980) was a former Ukrainian midfielder known for his performances for Dnipro. He played for the Ukrainian national team, where he was one of the key players. He was a quarter-finalist of the 2006 World Cup. In the Ukraine national team he played 56 matches, scored 12 goals. Currently he is an assistant to the head coach of Polesya Yuriy Kalitvintsev.

Serhiy Buletsa (1999) - Dynamo midfielder. He comes from Transcarpathia, where he grew up and started to play first in the amateur team, then for Uzhgorod SDYUSHOR. From there he went to Kyiv - first to the academy of RVUFK, and then got an invitation to Vitaliy Kosovskiy's team. He made his debut for the Bilo-Syni in the Ukrainian U-19 Championship on 6 August 2016 in an away match against Poltava Vorskla (2:3). Currently he is on loan at Polish Zaglemba.

Angelo Peruzzi (1970) is a former Italian goalkeeper. In the late 1990s, his place in the Juventus goal seemed immutable. Winner of the Champions League, three-time Italian champion. But there were competitors, and Peruzzi changed the club to Lazio, and in the national team firmly sat on the bench. First became an understudy Toldo, and then Buffon. In 2006 he won the World Cup as the Scuadra Adzurra's number two goalkeeper. He finished his career in 2007.

Bebeto (1964) is a famous former Brazilian footballer. He began his professional career in 1983. He played for Brazilian clubs Vitoria (Salvador), Flamengo, Vasco da Gama, Botafogo, Spanish Deportivo La Coruña, Sevilla, Mexican Toros Nesa, Japanese Kashima Antlers and Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia. He made his debut for the Brazilian national team in 1985. Participated in the World Championships in 1990, 1994 and 1998, becoming world champion in 1994. Silver medallist at the 1988 Olympic Games and bronze in 1996. He played a total of 76 matches for the main national team, scoring 42 goals.

Michael (1981) - Brazilian midfielder. At one time he played for Dynamo Kyiv, but after a short stay in Ukraine he went to his homeland.

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