About Vladimir Maslachenko
Vladimir Nikitovich Maslachenko (Russian: Владимир Никитович Маслаченко; 5 March 1936 – 28 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian footballer and football commentator. == Biography == Maslachenko was born in Vasylkivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. He was a native Ukrainian (khokhol as he called himself) from Vasylkivka (a settlement in west Donbass) and a product of youth football club from Kryvyi Rih. He started his senior level career in 1953 when he joined the local football "giant" FC Dnipro which at the time was known as Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk. After several seasons, in 1957 Maslachenko was invited to Moscow where he stayed to his death. In Moscow he competed for Lokomotiv and Spartak. During that period he also played for the Soviet Union national football team and became a European champion in 1960. In 1962, Maslachenko won the Soviet Class A First Group (Soviet top league) title with Spartak Moscow. After retiring in 1970, Maslachenko graduated from the Russian State Central Institute of Physical Culture. The same year he started his other career as a pundit (radio commentator) at the All-Union Radio and the Central Television.
Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.