Volodymyr Bezsonov

Volodymyr Bezsonov

Personal information
Full name	Volodymyr Vasylyovich Bezsonov
Date of birth	(1958-03-05) 5 March 1958
Place of birth	Kharkiv, Soviet Union
Height
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	vacant
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1990	Dynamo Kyiv	277	(27)
1990–1991	Maccabi Haifa F.C.	5	(0)
Total		282	(27)
International career
1977–1990	USSR	79	(4)
1980	USSR (olymp)	6	(1)
1979	Ukraine
Managerial career
1997–2000	FC CSKA Kyiv
2001	FC CSKA Kyiv
2002–2003	Turkmenistan
2004–2005	FC Nyva Vinnytsia
2006	FC Zorya Luhansk
2006–2008	FC Kharkiv
2008–2010	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Medal record Representing Soviet Union Men's Football 1980 Moscow Team Competition 1988 Seoul Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Volodymyr Vasylyovych Bezsonov, also spelled Vladimir Vasilijević Bessonov (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Безсонов, born 5 March 1958) is a 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.

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. 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.

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

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)	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
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

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

International goals

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, USA	United States	1–3	Win	Friendly

Honours

Individual honours

• 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship: Golden Ball
• Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: winner 1989
• Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 2nd place 1988
• Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 3rd 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.

Club honours

• USSR Championship: winner 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
• USSR Cup: winner 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990
• USSR Super Cup: winner 1980, 1985, 1986
• UEFA Cup Winners Cup: winner 1986
• Trofeo Santiago Bernabéu: winner 1986
• 1980 Summer Olympics: Bronze Medal.
• 1988 Summer Olympics: Gold Medal.
• UEFA European Football Championship: runner-up 1988.
• USSR Championship: runner-up 1978, 1982, 1988
• USSR Super Cup: runner-up 1977
• UEFA Super Cup: runner-up 1987
• WorldSoccer "Team of the World" in 1986: Part of the Dynamo Kyiv team that came 2nd.

External links

• Info on Dnipro Official website
• Volodymyr Bezsonov career stats by KLISF
• Volodymyr Bezsonov profile at Fussballdaten