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Ukrainian and Soviet football player and coach
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Kyiv, Ukraine
Star sign
LeoAge
87 years
Awards
Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
Merited Master of Sports of the USSR
Sports Teams
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dnipro
FC Desna Chernihiv
Soviet Union national football team
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Biography
Andriy Andriyovych (or Andrei Andreyevich) Biba (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Биба; Ukrainian: Андрій Андрійович Біба; born 10 August 1937) is a retired Ukrainian football player and coach.
Honours
- Soviet Top League winner: 1961, 1966, 1967.
- Soviet Cup winner: 1964, 1966.
- Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1966.
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Biba is acknowledged as one of the greatest attacking midfielders Eastern Europe has ever produced. As Guardian journalist Jonathan Wilson explains, he functioned as 'Bobby Charlton did in Alf Ramsey's England side' as an advanced attacking midfielder moving the ball around the attacking third with a howitzer shot. He enjoyed a starring role in the Dynamo Kiev team of Victor Maslov.
International career
Biba played his only game for the USSR on 4 July 1965 in a friendly against Brazil starring Pelé.
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Notable Russian Athletes
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Ukrainian Athletes
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Russian Football players
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Ukrainian Football players
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Russian Association football players
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Ukrainian Association football players
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Russian Sports officials
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Ukrainian Sports officials
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Russian Association football managers
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
Notable Ukrainian Association football managers
Gender:Male, Born in:Years 1930 to 1969
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