Volodymyr Bezsonov

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Vasylovych and the family name is Bezsonov.

Volodymyr Bezsonov
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Personal information
Full name Volodymyr Vasylyovich Bezsonov
Date of birth (1958-03-05) 5 March 1958 (age 64)
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 Soviet Union 79 (4)
1980 Soviet Union Olympic 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
Honours
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Football
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow
Winner 1988 Seoul
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 1977 Tunisia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 Soviet Union national football team. The most recent team he was managing was Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Club career[]

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 career[]

Bezsonov won 79 caps and scored 4 goals for the Soviet Union 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 Soviet Union 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]

Managerial career[]

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.

In February 2022, a photo of Bezsonov holding a gun and defending his home during the Russian invasion of Ukraine was posted on social media by his daughter.[4]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

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[]

[5]

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, USSR  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[]

Club[]

Dynamo Kyiv

International[]

Soviet Union

  • Summer Olympics: 1988; bronze: 1980
  • UEFA Euro runner-up: 1988

Individual[]

  • FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Ball: 1977[6]
  • Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 1989; second place: 1988; third place: 1986
  • Voted in the Soviet Unions "All time World Cup team" on planetworldcup.com above other great Full-backs such as Igor Netto and Vasiliy Rats.[7]

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. ^ "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.
  5. ^ Volodymyr Bezsonov. www.rusteam.permian.ru (5 November 1952). Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Alsos, Jan. "Planet World Cup - The All-Time World Cup - Squads". www.planetworldcup.com.

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