Andriy Leonidovych Husin ( ua, Андрій Леонідович Гусін; 11 December 1972 – 17 September 2014) was a Ukrainian professional

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player and coach. He played in the Ukraine national team, and was one of Ukraine's most capped players. He was a member of their squad at the

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. After his retirement, he went to become a coach at various clubs, including

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...

. He died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 41.

Club career

Dynamo Kyiv

Husin was an instrumental part of the

squad which reached the semi final of the

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season. He continued to be a key player in the squad of Dynamo after that, even after head coach's,

Valery Lobanovsky Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football playe ...

's death, and the change of coaches that followed.

Krylia Sovetov Samara

After Ukraine's qualification for the

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, Husin left Dynamo Kyiv to captain Russian side

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, stating that he wanted to focus on the national team instead of club football and because he had a conflict with coach

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– ua-football.com, 22 December 2008

Saturn Ramenskoe

On 8 June 2007, Husin retired from Krylia Sovetov and joined the

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coaching staff, but in 2008 he decided to play again as well. But with the change of the coaching staff in the middle of the fall, Husin was sent away from the club for supposedly disrupting the club's unity. Husin and others deny this and say that he was sent away because new coach

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wanted to establish his authority at the new club. He kept up his form with his former team,

, but in its number-two team,

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. He demanded compensation from the Saturn, which refused to pay him anything. Andriy Husin2

FC Khimki

In the summer of 2009 he signed with the Russian club

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. He left the club before playing any official games when he received two injuries in a short time and decided he is not ready to play on the

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level at the time.

International career

Following the

, Husin announced his retirement from international football, ending a successful 13-year international career with the Ukraine national team. When announcing his international retirement he praised Ukraine's achievement of reaching the quarter-finals in their first appearance in the tournament, in which he played an instrumental role for the Ukrainian team. However, on 15 August 2006, following lengthy conversations with his teammates, Husin announced his decision to remain in the Ukrainian team for the time being.

Personal life and death

Husin died in a motorcycle crash in Kyiv on 17 September 2014. He was survived by his wife and three children.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Husin goal.''

Honours

Dynamo Kyiv *

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: 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04 *

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: 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2002–03

References

External links

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Profile on Official Saturn Website

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