Overview
- FC Dynamo Kyiv announced his death on December 1, a statement reported by RIA Novosti.
- The club said he died after a prolonged illness at the age of 79.
- As a midfielder for Dynamo Kyiv, he won seven Soviet championships and two Soviet Cups.
- He was part of the team that captured the European Cup Winners’ Cup and the UEFA Super Cup in 1975.
- A Euro 1972 runner-up with the USSR, he moved into coaching from 1980, and former teammate Anatoly Byshovets lauded his tactical intelligence.