Valeriy Lobanovskyi

Ukrainian football manager (1939–2002)

Valeriy Lobanovskyi (1939–2002) was an Ukrainian football manager. Lobanovsky was born in Kyiv on 6 January 1939. He died in Zaporizhzhia on 13 May 2002, at the age of 63.

Lobanovsky competed in association football as a forward. He turned out for FC Shakhtar Donetsk (1967–1968), 50 appearances and 14 goals, FC Dynamo Kyiv (1957–1964), 144 appearances and 42 goals, FC Chornomorets Odesa (1965–1966), 59 appearances and 15 goals and the Soviet Union national association football team (1960–1961), 2 appearances.

The honours on record include Order of the Badge of Honour, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Merited Coach of the USSR, Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class and Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class. Lobanovsky appeared at UEFA Euro 1988. He studied at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and Odesa Polytechnic National University.

The recorded cause of death is stroke.

UEFA Euro 1988 was held in West Germany.

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