How tall is Valeriy Lobanovskyi?

Valeriy Lobanovskyi's listed height was 187 cm (6'2").

About Valeriy Lobanovskyi

Valeriy Lobanovskyi was a Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager. He was born on 6 January 1939 in Kyiv. He was Master of Sports of the USSR and Distinguished Coach of the USSR, and received the UEFA Order of Merit in Ruby and the FIFA Order of Merit.

Lobanovskyi was best known for managing FC Dynamo Kyiv and the USSR national football team. He established Dynamo as the most dominant club in Soviet football in the 1970s and 1980s, winning the Soviet Top League eight times and the Soviet Cup six times in 16 years. In 1975 Dynamo became the first Soviet side to win a major European trophy, beating Ferencváros in the Cup Winners' Cup final, and they won it again in 1986 against Atletico Madrid. With the Soviet national team he reached the final of Euro 1988 and won bronze at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

At a listed 187 cm (6'2"), Lobanovskyi stood that height. He died on 13 May 2002, and was awarded the Hero of Ukraine, his nation's highest honour, posthumously that year for his contribution to Ukrainian football.

Frequently asked

How tall is Valeriy Lobanovskyi in feet and inches? Valeriy Lobanovskyi was 6'2" tall, which is 187 cm, 73.6 inches or 1.87 m.

Sources

• Valeriy Lobanovskyi on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Valeriy Lobanovskyi on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 187 cm.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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