VENIYAMIN ARZAMASTSAU CELEBRATES 85TH BIRTHDAY
Today, the legend of our club, Veniamin Uladzimiravich Arzamastsau, celebrates his 85th birthday!
Veniamin Uladzimiravich is one of the most famous Dinamo players. He was born in 1937, and at the age of 25, he moved to Dinamo-Minsk from Smalensk. As part of our club, Veniamin Uladzimirovich played for 7 years and during this time he took part in 228 matches, scored 12 goals. In his first season, he played in all 38 matches, and the team became the winner of the bronze medals of the USSR championship.
After completing his football career, Arzamastsau went to the coaching bridge. At first he worked as an assistant to Eduard Malafeeu and together with the team won the championship of the Soviet Union in 1982. The following season, Eduard Vasilievich went to the Olympic team, and Veniamin Uladzimiravich became the head coach of the blue-whites. It was under his leadership the team made its debut in European competition and immediately reached the quarterfinals of the European Champions Cup, and a year later Dinamo again managed to reach the quarterfinals, but already in the UEFA Cup. Also in 1983, Dinamo-Minsk won bronze medals in the USSR Championship.
Today, Veniamin Arzamastsau is still working for the benefit of his native club. We sincerely congratulate the legendary midfielder on his birthday, the honored coach of the blue-whites! Good health and long life, Veniamin Uladzimiravich! Thanks for your hard work!