The best player

THE LIFE STORY
A FEW DAYS AGO ON THE SECOND OF MAY WE HAVE CHANCE TO HONOUR VICTOR VLADIMIROVICH PONEDELNIK WITH HIS 81 BIRTHDAY. HE IS REALY A PERSON FOR WHOM FOOTBALL IS THE ONLY LOVE . THIS IDEA IS PROVED NOT ONLY BY BOOKS WRITEEN BY HIM, BUT BY ALL HIS LIFE.BEING THE CHILD OF THE WAR VICTOR USED TO PLAY FOOTBALL SINCE YOUNG AGE INSPITE OF HIS FATHER WILL.

FIRST PLAYED FOR THE «ROSTSELMASH » TEAM, THEN WAS INVITED TO THE USSR NATIONAL TEAM.
1.THE WINNER OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1960.
2. QUARTER FINALIST OF THE 1962 WORD CUP.
3. THE SILVER MEDALIST OF THE 1964 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP.
4. THE GOLD MEDAL «FOR OUTSTANDING SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS» .
5. THE HONOURED MASTER OF SPORTS.
Sports achievements and awards

RESENTLY VICTOR PONEDELNIK HAD HEAVY OPERATION ON HIS LEGS. NOWDAYS HE CONTINUES TO STRAGLE WITH HIS HEATHS PROBLEMS. I ADMIRE HIM AS A PERSON DUE TO HIS UNPRECEDENTED FIDELITY TO FOOTBALL .
BEING YOUNG- HE PLAYED
BEING MATURE- HE DEVOLOPED FOOTBALL MOVEMENT
BEING AGED- HE IS A ROLE MODEL FOR YOUNG GENERATION.
HE IS HANDSOME BECAUSE HE DOES HANDSOME.

HE WROTE SEVERAL BOOKS:
«FOOTBALL GREAT-GRANDPARENTS WITH FAITH AND HOPE.»
«CONFESSION OF THE CENTRAL STRIKER »
« PENALTY AREA»
«GOAL»