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Oleksandr Zavarov

1961 - Today

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Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov (Ukrainian: Олександр Анатолійович Заваров; born 26 April 1961) is a Ukrainian former footballer and the former head coach of FC Arsenal Kyiv. He became first among Soviets footballers who got transferred to West European world class club when he was picked by Juventus to replace the outgoing Michel Platini. In 1986, he was named the best footballer in the USSR and Ukraine and the 6th best footballer in Europe according to France Football. Zavarov is widely regarded to be among the greatest footballers in the history of the USSR and Ukraine, and in 2000 he was included in the Ukrainian Team of The Century according to a poll by the Ukrainsky Futbol weekly. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oleksandr Zavarov is the 2,170th most popular soccer player (down from 2,060th in 2019), the 608th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 630th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Ukrainian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Oleksandr Zavarov ranks 2,170 out of 21,273. Before her are George Yonashiro, Romà Forns, Héctor Baley, Alfredo del Águila, Pedro Manfredini, and Ricardo Infante. After her are Georg Buschner, Burhan Sargun, Stephan El Shaarawy, Paul Janes, François Heutte, and Jesús María Satrústegui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Oleksandr Zavarov ranks 199. Before her are David Heyman, Marc Levy, Supriya Pathak, Andrea Arnold, Isiah Thomas, and Thomas Schaaf. After her are Harry Gregson-Williams, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Shiva Rajkumar, Michel Martelly, Māris Kučinskis, and Soane Patita Paini Mafi.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Oleksandr Zavarov ranks 608 out of 1,365. Before her are Elina Bystritskaya (1928), Roman Vlad (1919), Polina Gelman (1919), Alexander Bogomazov (1880), Rolan Bykov (1929), and Leonid Bronevoy (1928). After her are Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807), Valentina Lisitsa (1973), Jan Brzechwa (1898), Kazimierz Górski (1921), Grigory Kriss (1940), and Vladimir Veksler (1907).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Ukraine

Among soccer players born in Ukraine, Oleksandr Zavarov ranks 9. Before her are Igor Belanov (1960), Géza Kalocsay (1913), Oleh Protasov (1964), Mykhaylo Fomenko (1948), Yozhef Sabo (1940), and Serhiy Rebrov (1974). After her are Kazimierz Górski (1921), Anatoliy Demyanenko (1959), Anatoliy Konkov (1949), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (1979), Andrei Kanchelskis (1969), and Eduard Mudrik (1939).

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