Volodymyr Bezsonov

Volodymyr Vasylyovych Bezsonov (Ukrainian: Володимир Васильович Безсонов, also spelled Vladimir Vasilijević Bessonov from Russian: Владимир Васильевич Бессонов, born 5 March 1958) is a Ukrainian football manager and former player who played for the former Soviet Union national football team. The most recent team he was managing was FC Dnipro in the Ukrainian Premier League.

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

Volodymyr Bezsonov
Bezsonov in 2010
Personal information
Full name Volodymyr Vasylyovich Bezsonov
Date of birth (1958-03-05) 5 March 1958
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)
International career
1977–1990 Soviet Union 79 (4)
1980 Soviet Union Olympic 6 (1)
Managerial career
1997–2000 CSKA Kyiv
2001 CSKA Kyiv
2002–2003 Turkmenistan
2004–2005 Nyva Vinnytsia
2006 Zorya Luhansk
2006–2008 FC Kharkiv
2008–2010 FC Dnipro
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Football
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1980 Moscow
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner1977 Tunisia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Bezsonov's career began in 1976 with Dynamo Kyiv. There, 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 with 27 goals in the 377 games that he played for Dynamo.

International career

Bezsonov won 79 caps and scored 4 goals for the Soviet Union national team from 1977 to 1990 and was included in three FIFA World Cup squads. He also holds the record for the fifth most appearances for the team.[1] In the 1990 World Cup, he was sent off against Argentina. His team ended up losing the game 2–0 which eventually became his farewell match for the Russian Sbornaya.[2]

In 1979, Bezsonov played a couple of matches for the Ukrainian SSR at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[3]

Managerial career

Most recently, Bezsonov was the head coach of FC Dnipro in the Ukrainian Premier League, but was sacked in September 2010 following the team's 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 and became world champion in 2007, as well as winning an Olympic bronze in 2004 and 2008.

In February 2022, a photo of Bezsonov on the frontline 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
DivisionApps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo Kyiv 1976 (s) Soviet Top League 90–––90
1976 (a) 20–––20
1977 161102010201
1978 2338240–355
1979 2424051–333
1980 3456220–427
1981 252725110385
1982 184–31–215
1983 11110––121
1984 20261––263
1985 2502070–340
1986 161305010251
1987 110202010160
1988 19020––210
1989 1754142–258
1990 7110––81
Career total 277274783954036740
  • 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 40
1978 102
1979 50
1980 81
1981 40
1982 70
1983 50
1984 30
1985 20
1986 110
1987 40
1988 90
1989 30
1990 41
Total 794
Score and results list Soviet Union's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.20 September 1978Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Greece2–0WinUEFA Euro 1980 qualifying
2.26 November 1978Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan Japan0–3WinFriendly
3.15 October 1980Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel Iceland5–0Win1982 WC qualification
4.24 February 1990Stanford Stadium, Stanford, California, United States United States1–3WinFriendly

Honours

Club

Dynamo Kyiv

International

Soviet Union

Individual

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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