Today, the world was gifted a few famous people who closely tied their lives to football:
Yuri KalitvintsevViktor Kaplun (1958) — former defender, played for Kharkiv “Metalist” and Kyiv “Dynamo”. Winner of the European Youth Championship and the Junior World Championship. Champion of the USSR in 1980. Played one match for both the Olympic and national teams of the USSR.
Yuri Kalitvintsev (1968) — former Ukrainian footballer who played as a midfielder. He once played for Kyiv “Dynamo” and Turkish “Trabzonspor”. Four-time champion and two-time holder of the Ukrainian Cup. Until recently, he led “Polesie”. He also worked with the Ukrainian national team, Uzhhorod “Zakarpattya”, the second team of Kyiv “Dynamo”, and the youth national team of Ukraine (U-19), with which he won the European Championship.
Yossi Benayoun (1980) — former midfielder of “Beitar Jerusalem”. Previously played in English clubs “Liverpool”, “West Ham”, “Arsenal”, QPR, and “Chelsea”, Spanish “Racing”, and domestic “Maccabi” from Haifa. He made 102 appearances for the Israel national team, scoring 24 goals.
