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Valeriy Lobanovskyi

ヴァレリー・ロバノフスキー　/　ゔぁれりー・ろばのふすきー

Association football player from Kievan Rus'

January 6, 1939 – May 13, 2002　・　Kyiv, Kievan Rus'

association football player
association football coach

My Take

To me, Valeriy Lobanovskyi isn't just a great coach, he's a turning point in how football thinks. The Kyiv-born manager brought an engineer's mind to the pitch, treating the game as a system of data and collective movement long before that was fashionable. Decorated as a hero in both the Soviet era and independent Ukraine, honored by UEFA and FIFA alike, he earned every accolade through cold rigor rather than charm. His death in 2002 robbed the sport of a singular intellect. I'd argue the calculated, organized football we admire today still carries his fingerprints.

Overview

Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi (Ukrainian: Валерій Васильович Лобановський, pronounced [wɐˈlɛr⁽ʲ⁾ij lobɐˈnɔu̯sʲkɪi̯]; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager. He was Master of Sports of the USSR, Distinguished Coach of the USSR, and a laureate of the UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby (2002) and FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded by FIFA.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Name (Japanese): ヴァレリー・ロバノフスキー
Reading: ゔぁれりー・ろばのふすきー
Born: January 6, 1939 – May 13, 2002
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Rabbit
Origin: Kyiv, Kievan Rus'
Blood type: Private
Height: 187 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Odesa Polytechnic National University

Awards & achievements

Order of the Badge of Honour
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Merited Coach of the USSR
Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
Hero of Ukraine, Order of the State
Master of Sport of the USSR
Honored Coach of Ukraine

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%90%E3%83%8E%E3%83%95%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC

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