Volodymyr Bezsonov

Volodymyr Vasylyovych Bezsonov (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Безсонов, also spelled Vladimir Vasilijević Bessonov, born 5 March 1958) is a Soviet and Ukrainian football manager and former player, he played for the USSR national football team. The most recent team he was managing was Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Vasylovych and the family name is Bezsonov.
Volodymyr Bezsonov
Personal information
Full name Volodymyr Vasylyovich Bezsonov
Date of birth (1958-03-05) 5 March 1958
Place of birth Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1990 Dynamo Kyiv 277 (27)
1990–1991 Maccabi Haifa 5 (0)
Total 282 (27)
National team
1977–1990 USSR 79 (4)
1980 USSR (olymp) 6 (1)
Teams managed
1997–2000 CSKA Kyiv
2001 CSKA Kyiv
2002–2003 Turkmenistan
2004–2005 Nyva Vinnytsia
2006 Zorya Luhansk
2006–2008 Kharkiv
2008–2010 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Club

Bezsonov's career began in 1976 with Dynamo Kyiv. Here he spent most of his career, except for a short one-season stint in Israeli club Maccabi Haifa F.C. in 1990–91. He was well known as a lightning quick full-back with a powerful shot. Bezsonov was attack- minded and scored a good return for a defender. He ended 27 goals in the 377 games that played for Dynamo.

International

Bezsonov won 79 caps and scored 4 goals for the USSR national football team from 1977 to 1990 and was included in three FIFA World Cup squads. He also holds the record for the fifth highest appearances for the USSR national football team.[1] In the 1990 World Cup he was sent off against Argentina. His team ended up losing the game 2–0 which became eventually his farewell match for the Sbornaya.[2]

In 1979 Bezsonov played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[3]

Coaching

Most recently, Bezsonov was the head coach of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League, but was sacked in Sep. 2010 following elimination from the UEFA Europa League and a number of poor results domestically.

Personal life

Bezsonov is married to Viktoria Serkyh, a former two-time world champion in rhythmic gymnastics. Together they have a daughter, Anna Bessonova, who also competed internationally in rhythmic gymnastics, became world champion in 2007, and an Olympic bronze medalist in 2004 and 2008.

Statistics for Dynamo
Club Season League Cup Europe Super Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo 1976 (s) 90------90
1976 (a) 20------20
1977 161102010201
1978 2338240--355
1979 2424051--333
1980 3456220--427
1981 252725110385
1982 184--31--215
1983 11110----121
1984 20261----263
1985 2502070--340
1986 161305010251
1987 110202010160
1988 19020----210
1989 1754142--258
1990 7110----81
Total 277274783954036740
  • The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments

International

[4]

Soviet Union
Year Apps Goals
1977 40
1978 102
1979 50
1980 81
1981 40
1982 70
1983 50
1984 30
1985 20
1986 110
1987 40
1988 90
1989 30
1990 41
Total 794

International goals
Score and results list Soviet Union's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 September 1978Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, USSR Greece2–0WinUEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
2.26 November 1978Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan Japan0–3WinFriendly
3.15 October 1980Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel Iceland5–0Win1982 WC qualification
4.24 February 1990Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California, United States United States1–3WinFriendly

Honours

Individual honours

Club honours

References
  1. Roberto Mamrud and Matthias Arnhold (28 March 2012). "Soviet Union/CIS – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  2. Matthias Arnhold (28 March 2012). "Vladimir Vasilyevich Bessonov – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  3. Футбольный турнир VII Летней Спартакиады народов СССР. Составы команд. [Football tournament of the VII Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. The teams.]. 19 March 2015. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015.
  4. Volodymyr Bezsonov. www.rusteam.permian.ru (5 November 1952). Retrieved on 2 January 2011.
  5. Alsos, Jan. "Planet World Cup - The All-Time World Cup - Squads". www.planetworldcup.com.

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