Today, January 2, the head coach of Kyiv’s Dynamo, Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, turns 50 years old. The jubilarian was congratulated by honorary UEFA member Hryhorii Surkis.
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi. Photo: fcdynamo.comDear Oleksandr Volodymyrovych!
From the bottom of my heart, I congratulate you on your Golden Jubilee. I pay tribute to one of the best goalkeepers in the history of Kyiv’s Dynamo and the national team, an extraordinary teacher, and a passionate patriot of your hometown and our Ukraine, a Sportsman and a Person with a capital letter.
By your readiness for self-sacrifice for the success of the team, you have earned extraordinary respect from fans across the country. And your exemplary self-discipline and fervent self-belief, thirst for improvement, and boundless confidence in the effectiveness of persistent work have undoubtedly placed you among the best masters of domestic football, for whom no professional secrets remain unsolved!
Personally, I am very proud that football fate crossed our paths at Kyiv's Dynamo, where you achieved a huge number of loud victories, encountering more than one anniversary date. You have always been the First number of the star team of the 1990s-2000s, which gifted us all unforgettable emotions.
As a grateful and capable follower of Valerii Lobanovskyi’s legacy, you have also chosen this difficult and thorny coaching path, already showing yourself to be a progressive, thoughtful, and demanding mentor.
I wish you, jubilarian, creative flights in the future! I also wish you peace, harmony, love, and happiness. Patient inspiration, fortune, and optimism! And the fulfillment of all your deepest desires.
Many years!
Respectfully,
Hryhorii Surkis
