Anatoliy Kyrylovych (or Anatoli Kirillovich) Puzach ( uk, Анатолій Кирилович Пузач, russian: Анатолий Кириллович Пузач; 3 June 1941 – 19 March 2006) was a
Ukrainian football player and coach.
Early career
He first played for Progres
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
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was officia ...
(1:2, 2:2) and after those games the quick striker with a good kick have been taken to Kyiv.
Honours
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Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The professional top level ...
winner: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1990 (as a manager).
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Soviet Cup
The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...
winner: 1966.
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.
Football World Cup Firsts
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References
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1941 births
2006 deaths
People from Krasnokutsky District
Russian emigrants to Ukraine
Soviet footballers
Soviet football managers
Soviet Union international footballers
1970 FIFA World Cup players
Ukrainian footballers
Ukrainian football managers
FC Polissya Zhytomyr players
PFC CSKA Moscow players
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
SKA Lviv players
Soviet Top League players
Soviet First League players
Soviet Second League players
FC Dynamo Kyiv managers
Soviet Top League managers
Ukrainian Premier League managers
Association football forwards
Sportspeople from Saratov Oblast
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