Oleh Kuznetsov
Personal information | |||
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Full name |
Oleg Wladimirowitsch Kuznetsow - Oleh Volodymyrovych Kuznetsov | ||
Date of birth | 22 March 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Magdeburg, East Germany | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Central defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ukraine U-17 (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1971–1980 | Desna Chernihiv | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1982 | Desna Chernihiv | 86 | (0) |
1983–1990 | Dynamo Kyiv | 181 | (5) |
1990–1994 | Rangers | 35 | (1) |
1994–1995 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | (0) |
1995–1997 | CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv | 11 | (1) |
Total | 247 | (7) | |
International career | |||
1986–1991 | USSR | 58 | (1) |
1992 | CIS | 5 | (0) |
1992–1994 | Ukraine | 3 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1998–2001 | CSKA Kyiv (assistant) | ||
2001–2002 | Arsenal Kyiv | ||
2002–2004 | Dynamo Kyiv (assistant) | ||
2002–2007 | Ukraine (assistant) | ||
2008 | Moscow (assistant) | ||
2010–2012 | Ukraine U-18/U-19 | ||
2012–2013 | Ukraine U-16 | ||
2013–2015 | Ukraine U-17/U-18 | ||
2015–2016 | Ukraine U-19 | ||
2016–2017 | Ukraine U-16 | ||
2017– | Ukraine U-17 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Oleh Volodymyrovych Kuznetsov (born as Oleg Wladimirowitsch Kuznetsow in Germany) (Ukrainian: Олег Володимирович Кузнєцов) (born 22 March 1963 in Magdeburg, East Germany) is a former professional Soviet Ukrainian football player. Kuznetsov had started playing football when he was eight years old. However, it was not until he was 20 when his talent was noticed by the Soviet giants at that time, Dynamo Kyiv.
Playing career
FC Desna Chernihiv
In the summer 1980 he joyned to the main team of Chernihiv called FC Desna Chernihiv, where he made 9 caps and 4 goal scored[1].
Dynamo Kyiv
Kuznetsov in 1983, he moved to Dynamo Kyiv[2] until September 1990. Here he won UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in the season 1985–86, the Soviet Top League in 1985, 1986 and 1990. He won the Soviet Cup in 1985, 1987 and 1990.
Rangers F.C.
when he transferred to Scottish club Rangers in the prime of his career. He injured his cruciate ligament in his second game (against St Johnstone) and did not play again for a full year. The time out meant that new players had been brought in and he was never a first choice again. After a four-year stint, hampered by injuries, he moved on to the Israeli team Maccabi Haifa to play for one season. He returned to Ukraine to finish his career with CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv. Kuznetsov retired in 1997.
International
He appeared in 63 games for the USSR/CIS national team (1 goal), and three times for the Ukraine side after the fall of the Soviet Union. He was a silver medal winner with the USSR team at the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship. He also represented the USSR at the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups,[3] and the CIS at the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship. A six-time domestic champion (three with Dynamo Kyiv and three with Rangers), and a four-time domestic cup winner (three with Dynamo Kyiv and one with Rangers). He won the UEFA Cup Winners Cup in 1986, and was a European Cup semi-finalist in 1987 with Dynamo Kyiv. He was in 11th place in the European Footballer of the Year award in 1988, and in 17th place in 1989.
Coaching career
Kuznetsov began coaching in 1998 at the last club he played for professionally, CSKA Kyiv. Starting out as an assistant coach he became head-coach for the 2001–2002 season, with CSKA Kiev becoming Arsenal Kiev in the meantime. He moved to the coaching staff at Dynamo Kyiv and is currently on the coaching staff of the Ukraine national team. As coach, he was part of the Ukraine national team that reached the quarter-finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Honours
Player
Club
- FC Desna Chernihiv
- Championship of the Ukrainian SSR: Runner-up 1982
- Dynamo Kyiv
- Rangers
- Scottish Premier Division: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94
- Scottish League Cup: 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94
- Scottish Cup: 1991–92
- CSKA Kyiv
International
- Soviet Union
- European Football Championship: Runner-up 1988
Individual
- Ballon d'Or
Individual
References
- ^ "Oleh Kuznetsovat FC Desna Chernihiv". www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "Oleh Kuznetsovat". www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "Oleh Kuznetsov". FIFA.com. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Magdeburg
- Soviet footballers
- Soviet expatriate footballers
- Ukrainian footballers
- Ukrainian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
- Soviet expatriate sportspeople in the United Kingdom
- Soviet Union international footballers
- Ukraine international footballers
- Dual internationalists (football)
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- FC Arsenal Kyiv players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Maccabi Haifa F.C. players
- Soviet Top League players
- Scottish Football League players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1988 players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1992 players
- Ukrainian football managers
- FC Arsenal Kyiv managers
- Association football defenders
- Footballers from Saxony-Anhalt