Today’s day gifted the world several famous people who closely connected their lives with football:
Oleg KuznetsovOleg Kuznetsov (1963) — former Ukrainian footballer. Best known for his performances with Kyiv’s “Dynamo”. Also played for “Rangers” (Glasgow), “Maccabi” (Haifa), and CSKA-Boryspil (Kyiv). Played 58 matches for the USSR national team and scored 1 goal.
Roman Grigorchuk (1965) — former Ukrainian footballer and currently the head coach of Cherkasy’s LNZ. Previously led “Chornomorets”, “Astana”. As the head coach of Latvia’s “Ventspils”, he became the champion of Latvia three consecutive times.
Leandro Machado (1976) — former Brazilian footballer. Known for his performances with the Spanish “Valencia”, Lisbon’s “Sporting”, and Kyiv’s “Dynamo”. In his first match, he scored Dynamo's 1000th goal in official tournaments. He did not establish himself in the team and in winter 2003 moved to the Portuguese “Santa Clara”. Played 2 matches for the Brazilian national team and scored 1 goal.
