Valery Lobanovsky (January 6, 1939 - May 13, 2002) - football player and coach. A long-term mentor of Dynamo Kyiv FC, at the head of which he won the Cup Winners' Cup twice and once the European Super Cup. Three times he was a coach of the USSR national team, with which he became vice-champion of Europe in 1988. Head coach of the Ukrainian national football team in 2000-2001.
Chevalier of the UEFA Ruby Order (2002), as well as the FIFA Order of Merit, the highest FIFA award, for a significant contribution to the development of football