Oleksandr Zavarov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Oleksandr Zavarov

Ukrainian footballer

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1961

Place of Birth: Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov, also spelt Aleksandr Anatoljevic Zavarov (Ukrainian: ????????? ???????????? ???????, Russian: ???????, ????????? ???????????) – (born 26 April 1961 in Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR) is a former Ukrainian football midfielder and the former head coach at FC Arsenal Kyiv.
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. In 2015, he refused to join the Ukrainian army in the Donbass conflict, as he did not want to see war where he grew up.