Anatoliy Puzach

Anatoliy Kyrylovych (or Anatoli Kirillovich) Puzach (Ukrainian: Анатолій Кирилович Пузач, Russian: Анатолий Кириллович Пузач; 3 June 1941 – 19 March 2006) was a Ukrainian football player and coach.

Anatoliy Puzach
Personal information
Full name Anatoliy Kyrylovych Puzach
Date of birth (1941-06-03)3 June 1941
Place of birth Krasnyi Kut, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Date of death 19 March 2006(2006-03-19) (aged 64)
Place of death Kyiv, Ukraine
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1957–1959 Prohres Berdychiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1961 Polissya Zhytomyr 21 (8)
1962–1963 SKA Lviv 57+ (43)
1963 CSKA Moscow 0 (0)
1965–1973 Dynamo Kyiv 216 (49)
International career
1969–1970 USSR 14 (2)
Managerial career
1974–1990 Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
1990–1992 Dynamo Kyiv
1997–2000 Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early career

He first played for Prohres Berdychiv and then for Polissya and SKA Lviv. In 1964, he became the top scorer of Ukrainian zone, class "B" scored 35 goals. The same year Lvivites reached the Soviet Union Cup quarter-finals. In spring 1964 the team of class "B" best players had friendlies against Dynamo Kyiv (1:2, 2:2) and after those games the quick striker with a good kick have been taken to Kyiv.

Honours

International career

Puzach made his debut for the USSR national team on 25 July 1969, in a friendly against East Germany national team and scored on his debut. He played at the 1970 FIFA World Cup final tournament and in the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He was the first player in history to come on as a substitute in a World Cup game when non-injury substitutions were allowed for the first time in 1970. He replaced Viktor Serebryanikov in the opening match of the tournament against Mexico.[1]

References
  1. Football World Cup Firsts. topendsports.com
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