Today gave the world several famous people who closely connected their lives with soccer:
Svyatoslav SirotaSvyatoslav Sirota (1970) - former Ukrainian soccer player, soccer functionary. He was a pupil of Dynamo Kyiv. Master of Sports. In 2008-2010 - President of the Professional Football League of Ukraine. He played for Dynamo Kyiv, Veres in Rovno, Dnipropetrovsk Dnipro.
From the first days of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine Svyatoslav Sirota began to defend his homeland. In the battles for Severodonetsk during the shelling he was badly concussed and was hospitalized.
George Vea (1966) is a former Liberian soccer player who played as a striker. The peak of his career was in 1995, when George was named FIFA Player of the Year, European Footballer of the Year and African Footballer of the Year. At one time defended the colors of the French PSG, Monaco, Marseille, Italian Milan, English Chelsea and Manchester City, as well as the Emirati Al-Jazeera. He played 60 matches for the Liberian national team, scoring 22 goals. He was president of Liberia from January 22, 2018 to January 22, 2024.
Walter Mazzarri (1961) is a former Italian midfielder, now a coach. He worked at Inter Milan and managed Napoli, where he achieved the greatest success in his coaching career, namely winning the Italian Cup with the team and finishing second in the Italian championship.
