Volodymyr Bezsonov

Bessonov (2010)

Volodymyr Bessonov (Ukrainian Володимир Безсонов; Russian Владимир Васильевич Бессонов, Vladimir Vasilievich Bessonov; born March 5, 1958 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian football coach and former Soviet footballer. Bessonov was the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s a regular player at Dynamo Kiev and took with the Soviet national team in three World Cups; with the selection he was 1980 Olympic third parties, and in 1988 Vice European Champion. Since 1993 he has been active as a coach, currently coach of the Ukrainian first division side FK Kharkiv.

Player

Bessonov began his career in 1975 in the Soviet Metalist Kharkiv second division, but was so good performances that he changed after a few months to the reigning European Supercup winner and Soviet champions Dynamo Kiev, which he should beleiben true more than 14 years.

In 1977 he ran for the first time in the dress of the Soviet national team to an 'A' game - July 27 against East Germany - on before he could bring it there for a regular player, he became a leading figure in the underground selections of the USSR. Bessonov made ​​later at the first Junior World Cup in Tunisia in 1977 an international sensation when he led the selection of the USSR with three goals to win the tournament and was also awarded as the best player of the tournament. and in 1978 became European Junior Champion in 1980 was followed by the third place in the Olympic football competition. Overall, he came for the A selection of the USSR in three World Championships ten times used, which makes him the record field players in the country at the World Championships - only goalkeeper Lev Yashin was more common in the World Cup finals for use; overall he came in 13 years to 79 senior international appearances for the USSR, which only four other players surpassed. In his last international match during the 1990 World Cup the defender was sent off at 0-2 against Argentina shortly after the break.

From the late 1970s was Bessonov together with Anatoliy Demyanenko and then Oleh Kuznetsov one of the key players on the defensive Dynamo Kiev, which represented especially the mid-1980s, a European top team. But He was always a little overshadowed by the offensive of the club - first behind that attack by Oleh Blokhin series and later the conducted by Oleksandr Sawarow and Oleksiy Mychajlytschenko torhungrigen midfield. Bessonov was assessed only at the end of his career in 1989 as a Ukrainian Footballer of the Year.

At the end of his playing days, he went in 1990 to the Israeli first division side Maccabi Haifa, but came only five appearances before he retired from active football.

Coach

Since 1993 Bessonov is active as a coach in the Wyschtscha Liha 1993-94, 1997-2000, and in 2001 at Arsenal Kiev before he served as coach for the selection of Turkmenistan in 2002/ 03. His next club was 2004/ 05, the Ukrainian second division Nywa - Swytanok, 2006, he led Zorya Luhansk then the rise in the Ukrainian first division but moved to second division side first from his hometown of Kharkov, the FK Kharkiv.

Family

Bessonows wife Victoria is two-time world champion of rhythmic gymnastics with the team, his daughter Hanna world champion and medalist at the Olympic Games also in Rhythmic Gymnastics.

Achievements

  • Successes with the Soviet national team Ukrainian Footballer of the Year 1989
  • Bronze Medal Olympic Games 1980
  • Vice European Champion 1988
  • Soviet champion in 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
  • Soviet Cup winner in 1978, 1985, 1987, 1990
  • European Cup Winners' Cup in 1986
  • Israeli Champions 1991
  • Israel State Cup winners 1991
  • Junior world champion and best player in the Junior World Championship 1977
  • European Junior Champion 1978
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