Alexander Lipenko's column. Winning medals, receiving diplomas

Many young people, having finished secondary school, are eager to continue their studies and get higher education.

Thank God, there are enough universities in our country - institutes, universities, academies....

Oleg Bazilevich and Valeriy Lobanovskiy

The desire to get a diploma of a higher educational institution has always been with Dynamo Kyiv soccer players. Many of them had to study at correspondence departments. This was required by the profession of a soccer player.

Naturally, many of them were students of the Football Department of the National University of Physical Education and Sport. These are famous masters: Oleg Bazilevich, Andrei Biba, Vladimir Muntean, Viktor Kolotov, Yevgeniy Rudakov, Vladimir Troshkin, Viktor Matvienko, Leonid Buriak, Oleg Blokhin, Vladimir Bessonov, Alexei Mikhailichenko, Igor Belanov, Vyacheslav Semyonov, Sergei Baltacha, Oleg Kuznetsov, Pavel Yakovenko, Vladimir Veremeev....

Many of them became famous coaches who achieved success working in the clubs of the highest league, national teams of Ukraine.

Valeriy Vasilyevich Lobanovsky graduated from school with a silver medal and entered the elite KPI. He played several matches as a member of the soccer team of polytechnics in the championship of Kiev among students. I, the goalkeeper of Taras Shevchenko KSU team, had to get the ball out of the gate twice after Lobanovsky's kicks.

One higher education was not enough for Vladimir Muntean. And the famous midfielder entered KSU and studied to become a lawyer.

The gates of the national team of the capital's Institute of Light Industry were reliably defended by Grigory Surkis, at one time vice-president of UEFA, honorary president of FFU and long-time president of FC Dynamo.

The famous Kyiv goalkeeper Viktor Chanov graduated from Kyiv Trade and Economic Institute.

The current Dynamo coach Oleksandr Shovkovskiy is a graduate of the Institute of Journalism of Taras Shevchenko Capital University. In October 2016, he received a coaching license.

Shovkovskiy is the author of the book "Everything is in my hands".

Let's note the famous striker Anatoliy Shepel - a graduate of the Faculty of Radiophysics of KSU.

I feel that the listed familiar names made your head spin. However, believe me, I did not name all of them....

When I find out what educational choice the current Dynamo players made, I will definitely share the information with you. Although, perhaps, it will be more interesting for you to know what brands of cars they drive....

Oleksandr LIPENKO for Dynamo.kiev.ua

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