Volodymyr Muntyan (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Volodymyr Fedorovych Muntyan (Ukrainian:, Russian:, Romanian: Vladimir Munteanu), (born September 14, 1946, Kotovsk, USSR, was a renowned Soviet midfielder of the 1960s and 1970s. Muntyan is considered to be one of the best and most talented players to ever represent Dynamo Kyiv and Soviet Union. He is also the only player apart from Oleg Blokhin (his team-mate in the 1970s) who has won 7 Soviet championships.A son of a factory worker and a nurse, Volodymyr became interested acrobatics and competed successfully in Kiev's city-wide competition, winning accolades in his age category. His family eventually relocated to live near a professional soccer grounds in Kiev, where young Muntyan and his friends would hang out, acting as ball boys to the elders.