Andriy Bal

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Andriy Bal
Bal in 2011
Personal information
Full name Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal
Date of birth (1958-02-16)16 February 1958
Place of birth
Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine
)
Date of death 9 August 2014(2014-08-09) (aged 56)
Place of death Kyiv,[1] Ukraine
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
–1971 DYuSSh Novyi Rozdil
1971–1975 OShISP Lviv
1975–1977 Karpaty Lviv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1980 Karpaty Lviv 134 (12)
1981–1990 Dynamo Kyiv 240 (11)
1990–1991 Maccabi Tel Aviv 28 (4)
1991–1993 Bnei Yehuda 62 (3)
Total 464 (30)
International career
1981–1989 Soviet Union 20 (1)
Managerial career
1993–1998 Maccabi Haifa (assistant)
1998–1999 Maccabi Herzliya
1999–2000
Hakoah Ramat Gan
2000–2001 Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
2001–2003 Vorskla Poltava
2003–2007 Ukraine (assistant)
2008 Moscow (assistant)
2009–2010 Chornomorets Odesa
2011–2012 Ukraine (assistant)
2012–2013 Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
2012 Ukraine (caretaker)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Soviet Union
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 1977 Tunisia
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 1980 Europe
Winner 1990 Europe
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner 1976 Hungary
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal (Ukrainian: Андрій Михайлович Баль; 16 February 1958 – 9 August 2014) was a Soviet and Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder and football manager.

Club career

Born in

1986 Cup Winners' Cup. In 1990, he left Dynamo to play in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He spent a season there before moving on to Bnei Yehuda
, where he finished his playing career in 1993.

International career

Bal played for the

1990). He also played in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where the Soviet team reached the Round of 16, losing to Belgium
in extra-time.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing Bal began coaching in Israel. His first coaching job was with

Hakoah Ramat Gan. In 2000, he returned to Ukraine to join the coaching staff of Dynamo Kyiv. In 2001, he became head-coach of Vorskla Poltava. After two seasons with them, he became Oleg Blokhin's assistant coach with the Ukraine national team. On 14 December 2007, he was officially announced as assistant-coach at FC Moscow
, again moving there with Blokhin.

Personal life

His brother Orest Bal was also a professional footballer.

Death

Bal died on 9 August 2014 during a football match of veteran teams as a result of a

blood clot.[3][4]

Honours

As player

Dynamo Kyiv

Karpaty Lviv

Bnei Yehuda

Soviet Union U21

Soviet Union U20

Soviet Union U19

  • U-19 UEFA Championship: 1976[5]

As coach

Maccabi Haifa

References

  1. Ukrayinska Pravda
    ). 9 August 2014
  2. ^ "Andriy Bal (footballfacts)". footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Former Dynamo Kiev midfielder Andrei Bal dies". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  4. ^ Michael Yokhin (13 August 2014). "Dynamo Kiev mourn loss of Bal, Byalkevich". ESPN. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Андрей БАЛЬ". RussiaTeam. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b c "Andriy Mykhailovych Bal". The Viktor Leonenko Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

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