Volodymyr Bezsonov

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

Volodymyr Bezsonov
Bezsonov in 2010
Personal information
Full name Volodymyr Vasylyovich Bezsonov
Date of birth (1958-03-05) 5 March 1958 (age 66)
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)
International career
1977–1990 Soviet Union 79 (4)
1980 Soviet Union Olympic 6 (1)
Managerial career
1997–2000 CSKA Kyiv
2001 CSKA Kyiv
2002–2003 Turkmenistan
2004–2005 Nyva Vinnytsia
2006 Zorya Luhansk
2006–2008 FC Kharkiv
2008–2010 FC Dnipro
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Football
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1988 West Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 1977 Tunisia
UEFA European U-18 Championships[1]
Winner 1976 Hungary
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Bezsonov is a graduate student of the Kharkiv State College of Physical Culture 1 where he began his football career. In 1975 he was joined FC Metalist Kharkiv, but only played for its reserve team.

In 1976 Bezsonov joined Dynamo Kyiv. There, 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 with 27 goals in the 377 games that he played for Dynamo.

International career

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Bezsonov won 79 caps and scored 4 goals for the Soviet Union national team from 1977 to 1990 and was included in three FIFA World Cup squads. He also holds the record for the fifth most appearances for the team.[2] In the 1990 World Cup, he was sent off against Argentina. His team ended up losing the game 2–0 which eventually became his farewell match for the Soviet national team.[3]

In 1979, Bezsonov played a couple of matches for the Ukrainian SSR at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR where Ukraine placed third.[4]

In 1980, Bezsonov was on the Soviet squad for the 1980 Summer Olympics where the Soviet Union placed third.

Managerial career

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

Personal life

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

In February 2022, a photo of Bezsonov on the frontline during the Russian invasion of Ukraine was posted on social media by his daughter.[5]

Career statistics

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Club

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Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo Kyiv 1976 (s) Soviet Top League 9 0 9 0
1976 (a) 2 0 2 0
1977 16 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 20 1
1978 23 3 8 2 4 0 35 5
1979 24 2 4 0 5 1 33 3
1980 34 5 6 2 2 0 42 7
1981 25 2 7 2 5 1 1 0 38 5
1982 18 4 3 1 21 5
1983 11 1 1 0 12 1
1984 20 2 6 1 26 3
1985 25 0 2 0 7 0 34 0
1986 16 1 3 0 5 0 1 0 25 1
1987 11 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 16 0
1988 19 0 2 0 21 0
1989 17 5 4 1 4 2 25 8
1990 7 1 1 0 8 1
Career total 277 27 47 8 39 5 4 0 367 40
  • The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments

International

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Soviet Union
Year Apps Goals
1977 4 0
1978 10 2
1979 5 0
1980 8 1
1981 4 0
1982 7 0
1983 5 0
1984 3 0
1985 2 0
1986 11 0
1987 4 0
1988 9 0
1989 3 0
1990 4 1
Total 79 4
Score and results list Soviet Union's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 20 September 1978 Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan   Greece 2–0 Win UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
2. 26 November 1978 Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan   Japan 0–3 Win Friendly
3. 15 October 1980 Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel   Iceland 5–0 Win 1982 WC qualification
4. 24 February 1990 Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California, United States   United States 1–3 Win Friendly

Honours

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Club

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Dynamo Kyiv

International

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Soviet Union

Individual

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References

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  1. ^ "Юниорский турнир УЕФА–1976 – Юношеская сборная России по футболу". Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  2. ^ Roberto Mamrud and Matthias Arnhold (28 March 2012). "Soviet Union/CIS – Record International Players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  3. ^ Matthias Arnhold (28 March 2012). "Vladimir Vasilyevich Bessonov – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Футбольна легенда Динамо та СРСР – за Незалежну і вільну Україну. Володимир Безсонов долучився до ТерОборони". UA Football (in Ukrainian). 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  6. ^ Volodymyr Bezsonov Archived 9 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. www.rusteam.permian.ru (5 November 1952). Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  7. ^ "FIFA World Youth Championship Tunisia 1977 – Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  8. ^ Alsos, Jan. "Planet World Cup - The All-Time World Cup - Squads". www.planetworldcup.com.
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