Oleh Kuznetsov
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name |
Oleg Wladimirowitsch Kuznetsow - Oleh Volodymyrovych Kuznetsov | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 22 March 1963 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Magdeburg, East Germany | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) |
Central defender | |||||||||||||
Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Ukraine U19 (manager) | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1971–1980 | SDYuShOR Desna | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1981–1982 | Desna Chernihiv | 86 | (0) | |||||||||||
1983–1990 | Dynamo Kyiv | 181 | (5) | |||||||||||
1990–1994 | Rangers | 35 | (1) | |||||||||||
1994–1995 | Maccabi Haifa | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
1995–1997 | CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||
Total | 247 | (7) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1983 |
East Germany U20 | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||
1986–1991 |
USSR | 58 | (1) | |||||||||||
1992 | CIS | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||
1992–1994 | Ukraine | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
1998–2001 | CSKA Kyiv (assistant) | |||||||||||||
2001–2002 | Arsenal Kyiv | |||||||||||||
2002–2004 | Dynamo Kyiv (assistant) | |||||||||||||
2002–2007 | Ukraine (assistant) | |||||||||||||
2008 | Moscow (assistant) | |||||||||||||
2010 | Ukraine U17 | |||||||||||||
2011 | Ukraine U18 | |||||||||||||
2012 | Ukraine U19 | |||||||||||||
2013 | Ukraine U16 | |||||||||||||
2014 | Ukraine U17 | |||||||||||||
2015 | Ukraine U18 | |||||||||||||
2016 | Ukraine U19 | |||||||||||||
2017 | Ukraine U16 | |||||||||||||
2018 | Ukraine U17 | |||||||||||||
2019 | Ukraine U18 | |||||||||||||
2020 | Ukraine U19 | |||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Ukraine U16 | |||||||||||||
2023– | Ukraine U19 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Oleh Volodymyrovych Kuznetsov (born as Oleg Wladimirowitsch Kuznetsow in Germany) (
Club career
Desna Chernihiv
Kuznetsov was born in Magdeburg, East Germany into a military family stationed in East Germany. His family returned to their native Ukraine and the town of Chernihiv when his father retired from the army and got a job as an engineer at a local radio plant. His mother worked as an engineer in a construction and design institute, from where she retired. Kuznetsov started playing when he was eight years old with local football schools before signing for the city's professional club Desna Chernihiv in 1980, continuing to improve his technique and tactics under the guidance of coach Yukhym Shkolnykov. He made 86 appearances for Desna and helped the team to finish twelfth in the Soviet Second League (Zone 5) in the 1981 season,[1] improving to second place in the 1982 season (Zone 6).[2][3][4][5]
Dynamo Kyiv
After a successful 1982 season, Kuznetsov moved to
Rangers
Kuznetsov transferred to Scottish club Rangers in 1990. He injured his cruciate ligament in his second game (against St Johnstone)[6] and did not play again for a full year. New defensive players were brought in during his layoff such as Dave McPherson, and he was never a first choice again.[7] A year after his arrival another Ukrainian, his former Dynamo Kyiv teammate Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, joined the club, but they only played in 20 matches together across three seasons.[8] He moved on in 1994 after a four-year stint badly hampered by injuries, with Basile Boli coming to Glasgow to take his place in the squad.
Maccabi Haifa
After being released by Rangers, Kuznetsov played for one season in Israel with Maccabi Haifa, winning the 1994–95 Israel State Cup and finishing runners-up in the 1994–95 Liga Leumit.[9]
CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv
Kuznetsov returned to Ukraine to finish his career with CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv. In 1995–96 he won the Ukrainian Second League to achieve promotion to the Ukrainian First League.[10][11]
International career
Kuznetsov played for the
He appeared in 58 games for the
Coaching career
Kuznetsov began coaching in 1998 at the last club he played for professionally,
He moved to the coaching staff at
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Desna Chernihiv | 1981 | Soviet First League | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
1982 | Soviet First League | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |
Dynamo Kyiv | 1983 | Soviet Top League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
1984 | Soviet Top League | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
1985 | Soviet Top League | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
1986 | Soviet Top League | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
1987 | Soviet Top League | 24 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | |
1988 | Soviet Top League | 26 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
1989 | Soviet Top League | 29 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4 | |
1990 | Soviet Top League | 20 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 3 | |
Rangers | 1990–91 | Scottish Football League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1991–92 | Scottish Football League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
1992–93 | Scottish Football League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
1993–94 | Scottish Football League | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
Maccabi Haifa | 1994–95 | Liga Leumit | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv | 1995–96 | Ukrainian Second League | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 |
1996–97 | Ukrainian First League | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
Career total | 337 | 20 | 29 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 374 | 23 |
Honours
Player
- FC Desna Chernihiv
- Championship of the Ukrainian SSR: Runner-up 1982
- Dynamo Kyiv
- 1985–86
- Soviet Top League: 1985, 1986, 1990
- 1990
- Rangers
- Scottish Premier Division: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94
- 1993–94
- 1991–92
- CSKA Kyiv
- Soviet Union
- European Football Championship: Runner-up 1988
Individual
- Ballon d'Or
References
- ^ "Чемпионат СССР 1981". www.footballfacts.ru/. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ a b "From Desna to Dynamo. Players who have become legends". www.fcdynamo.kiev.ua. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
- ^ "1983-1991". www.desna.football/. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Oleg Kuznetsov, central defender of Dynamo Kiev". www.www.cnopm.ru/. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Чемпионат СССР 1982". www.footballfacts.ru/. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Alexei takes the Mikhailichenko | The reluctant Rangers runner predicts his former club will have to work hard for success, The Herald, 21 August 2004
- ^ (Rangers player) Oleg Kuznetsov, FitbaStats
- ^ (Rangers player) Kuznetsov, Oleg: Managers & Teammates, FitbaStats
- ^ "Israel State Cup 1994-95". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Чемпионат Украины 1995/96". www.ukranianfootball.narod.ru. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ "Сезон 1995-1996". www.uafootball.net.ua. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Oleh Kuznetsov". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ^ "Oleg kuznetsov - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Кузнецов Олег Владимирович". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 18 December 2020.