Andriy Bal
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andriy Mykhailovych Bal | ||
Date of birth | 16 February 1958 | ||
Place of birth | Rozdil, Ukrainian SSR | ||
Date of death | 9 August 2014 | (aged 56)||
Place of death | Kiev,[1] Ukraine | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1971–1975 | Sports boarding school (Lviv) | ||
1975–1977 | Karpaty (reserve) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1977–1980 | Karpaty Lviv | 134 | (12) |
1981–1990 | Dynamo Kyiv | 240 | (11) |
1991 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 28 | (4) |
1991–1993 | Bnei Yehuda | 62 | (3) |
Total | 464 | (30) | |
International career | |||
1981–1989 | USSR | 20 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
1993–1998 | Maccabi Haifa (assistant) | ||
1998–1999 | Maccabi Herzliya | ||
1999–2000 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | ||
2000–2001 | Dynamo Kyiv (assistant) | ||
2001–2003 | Vorskla Poltava | ||
2003–2007 | Ukraine (assistant) | ||
2007–2009 | FC Moscow (assistant) | ||
2009–2010 | Chornomorets Odesa | ||
2011–2012 | Ukraine (assistant) | ||
2012 | Ukraine (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Andriy Mykhailovych Bal (Template:Lang-uk, Russian: Андрей Михайлович Баль, Andrey Mikhaylovich Bal; 16 February 1958 – 9 August 2014) was a Ukrainian football midfielder and coach.
Career
Club
Born in Rozdil, Ukrainian SSR, Bal was a product of the Lviv youth football schools. By 1976 he was playing in the senior squad of Karpaty Lviv. After 5 years with the team he earned a transfer to Dynamo Kyiv. He went on to spend the majority of his playing career with the team, winning four championship medals with them, as well as four Soviet Cups. He also picked up 3 runner's-up medals. Another major achievement of his career with Dynamo Kyiv was winning the 1986 Cup Winners’ Cup. In 1990, he left Dynamo to play in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He spent a season there before moving on to Bnei Yehuda, where he finished his playing career in 1993.
National
Bal has played for the USSR national football team 20 times,[2] and scored 1 goal.,[2] a 20-meter strike in the game against Brazil at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He represented the team at all levels and won the 1976 U-19 UEFA Championship, the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, twice won the U-21 UEFA Championship (in 1980 and 1990). He also played in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where the Soviet team reached the Round of 16, losing to Belgium in extra-time.
Coaching
After retiring from playing Bal began coaching in Israel. His first coaching job was with Maccabi Haifa. From there he went on to coach Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Ramat Gan. In 2000, he returned to Ukraine to join the coaching staff of Dynamo Kyiv. In 2001, he became head-coach of Vorskla Poltava. After two seasons with them he became Oleg Blokhin's assistant coach with the Ukraine national football team. On 14 December 2007 he was officially announced as assistant-coach at FC Moscow, again moving there with Blokhin.
Death
Bal died on 9 August 2014 during a football match of veteran teams as a result of a blood clot.[2][3]
Honours
As player
- Soviet Top League (all with Dynamo Kyiv)[4]
- Champion (4): 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
- Soviet First League (with Karpaty Lviv)[5]
- Champion (1): 1979
- Soviet Cup (with Dynamo Kyiv)[4]
- Champion (4): 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (with Dynamo Kyiv)[4]
- Champion (1): 1986
- Toto Cup (with Bnei Yehuda)[5]
- Champion (1): 1992
- U-21 UEFA Championship[4]
* Bal was selected as an overage player
- U-20 FIFA World Cup[4]
- Champion (1): 1977
- U-19 UEFA Championship[4]
- Champion, (1): 1976
As coach
- Israeli Championship (with Maccabi Haifa)
- Champion (1): 1993–94[5]
References
- ^ Left the life Andriy Bal.... Champion (Ukrayinska Pravda). August 9, 2014
- ^ a b c Former Dynamo Kiev midfielder Andrei Bal dies
- ^ Michael Yokhin (13 August 2014). "Dynamo Kiev mourn loss of Bal, Byalkevich". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Андрей БАЛЬ". RussiaTeam. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ a b c "Andriy Mykhailovych Bal". The Viktor Leonenko Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
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External links
- Use dmy dates from July 2011
- 1958 births
- 2014 deaths
- People from Mykolaiv Raion, Lviv Oblast
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
- Ukrainian footballers
- Soviet footballers
- Soviet Union under-21 international footballers
- Soviet Union international footballers
- Soviet Top League players
- Soviet First League players
- FC Karpaty Lviv players
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- Ukrainian football managers
- FC Vorskla Poltava managers
- FC Chornomorets Odessa managers
- Maccabi Herzliya F.C. managers
- Hakoah Ramat Gan
- Ukrainian Premier League managers
- Ukraine national football team managers
- Association football midfielders