October 23, 2025
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Coach Polesya: “Surkis wanted to send a plane, we signed a contract”

Sergey Kravchenko, who now works as an assistant to the head coach of Polissia, recalled how he once moved to Dynamo Kyiv.

“Ihor Mykhailovych Surkis called me on the eve of the wedding: “Hello, do you want to play for Dynamo?” I replied, “Of course.” I already knew about the club’s interest – the scouts had been watching me for two years, but there were doubts about whether I would pull the level.

Says: “Where are you?” – “In Donetsk”. He must have thought that I was at Shakhtar, but I explained that I was just at home, because I am from Donetsk, although everyone associates me with Poltava.

He offers: “Send a chartered plane to Kyiv?” – “No need, I’ll come myself.” The very next day after the wedding, my father and I flew to Kyiv, met, talked, but could not sign the contract yet – there was more than half a year left until the end of the current one,” Kravchenko said.

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Source: sport.ua

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