I have had the great privilege of working with Slava for the past six years.
In the football broadcasts from South America in Sports1, which usually take place in the small hours of the night, I shared with him quality time that I will cherish in my heart forever.
The joy of his life - at every hour, in every outcome and in every given situation - was contagious, and also constituted for me a lesson in life.
In his unique way, Slava taught me and everyone around him that it was just football, that everything was good and that one should enjoy it.
Slava with Eli Israeli // Family album,
With his Brazilian accent, shirts and Ashko de Gama with which he walked proudly, the coin coins he coined gracefully, such as "passed under the skirt", "in the pool with the horse piranhas drinking with a straw" and "when the ceiling in the coop is low the rooster combs aside", The heart even when the offense is made in the half of the field and Pendel is not a possibility in the constitution - a Brazilian celeb managed to wrap the game in the most colorful cover available.
He was the greatest entertainer in the Israeli sports media, and the greatest journalist among the entertainers.
He loved football more than anything.
He was one of a kind.
Brazilian celeb.
Meet Everyone // Family Album,
Slava was a grandfather, father, brother, friend and sometimes acted as the last of the children.
He was a world and its fullness in the fullest sense of the term.
He knew everything, knew everyone, his heart was big enough to accommodate every person who happened to be in his way.
Personally, I loved Slava very much.
His smile, the food he would bring me, his stories, his passion for football, his support, his humor, his sayings, his knowledge and even his sympathy for Brazil.
But what I loved most was calling him "goofy," in a Brazilian accent, which always left me with a goofy smile on my face.
Love you, Dor Hoffman
But in Israeli football.
Brazilian Slava dies at age 69 // Courtesy of Charlton,
