Andrei Zyhmantovich will be presented to the fans today as the head coach of Vitebsk.

March 26, Vitebsk / Sergei Kochetov - BELTA /. Famous Belarusian specialist Andrei Zyhmantovich will be presented to the fans of FC Vitebsk today as the team's head coach, the club's press attaché Denis Golubev told a BELTA correspondent. The presentation will take place at the traditional pre-season meeting with fans of Vitebsk football, which will be held in an expanded format for the first time. The management and coaching staff of Vitebsk will present the team's newcomers who joined Vitebsk during the off-season. Among them is the famous Belarusian midfielder Viktor Sokol, who transferred from the Swedish club Enköpings SK. Head coach Alexander Khatskevich will summarize the work done during the off-season and assess the team's potential. Club director Alexander Tserakh will talk about the specifics of the team's preparation for the upcoming season, the development of club infrastructure, and set the task for the season. In addition, representatives of the administration of the Central Sports Complex, which is the team's base, and employees of the regional Department of Internal Affairs will address the fans. Fans will have the opportunity to ask questions and get autographs. Vitebsk plans to make this format of communication with football fans a permanent one, the club's press attaché noted. Master of Sports of International Class Andrei Zyhmantovich played in the USSR championship in the 1980s for Dynamo (Minsk), with which he became the USSR champion in 1982. He was recognized as the best footballer of Belarus in 1992 and 1994, and was repeatedly called up to the USSR national team and the Soviet Union Olympic team. He participated in the 1990 World Cup. He finished his playing career at the Spanish club Racing Santander. He has been coaching since 2000. Before joining FC Vitebsk, he was the head coach of the Lithuanian club Kaunas. -0-