Dynamo Kyiv mourn Puzach
Sunday, March 19, 2006
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News Round-Up:FC Dynamo Kyiv are mourning the death of former player and coach Anatoli Puzach who died at the weekend aged 65.
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Former FC Dynamo Kyiv player and coach Anatoli Puzach has died at the age of 65. Puzach helped Dynamo win four league titles and one cup as a player, and the striker won 14 caps for the former Soviet Union, scoring two goals. Puzach was assistant to celebrated coach Valeriy Lobanovskiy at Dynamo before taking charge of the team. He led them to their 13th league title in 1990 and their first championship win in the independent Ukraine two years later.
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