Prominent former Dynamo player passes away.

Former Dynamo footballer Oleksandr Berezhnyi has passed away

Former Dynamo footballer Oleksandr Berezhnyi has passed away at the age of 68. This information was reported by 'Glavkom', citing 'Dynamo'.

Oleksandr was born in Sukhodolsk, Vorošilovhrad region (now Luhansk). He started playing football at the Youth Sports School in Krasnodon and at the 'Zoria' club in Vorošilovhrad. In 1976, he joined Kyiv's 'Dynamo' and played for the team for four seasons.

Along with the 'white-blues', Berezhnyi became the champion of the USSR in 1977 and won the USSR Cup in 1978. He was also twice included in the list of the 33 best footballers of the season, ranked #1 (1978) and #3 (1977).

Throughout his career, he played 14 matches for the USSR national team and was the European champion in 1976 as part of the youth national team.

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