Viktor Nosov ( ua, Віктор Васильович Носов; 19 July 1940 – 17 April 2008) was a Soviet footballer and coach. He is recognized as a Master of Sports of the Soviet Union and

Merited Coach of Ukraine The Honored Coach of Ukraine (also translated as the Merited Coach of Ukraine, uk, Заслужений тренер України) is an exclusive sports title awarded to coaches for high special merits to prepare highly qualified sportspeople ...

. While being led by Nosov, in 1979-1985 Shakhtar Donetsk won two

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 (Moldova ...

s and became a runner-up of the

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 ...

. Nosov started out his playing career in 1958 in

FC Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was ...

. With Shakhtar and SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Nosov played some 88 games at the

. He retired in 1972 with FC Budivelnyk Poltava. The same year he became a coach for

FC Shakhtar Makiivka FC Shakhtar Makiivka was a Ukrainian football club from Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast. History The club was established in 1981 as Bazhanovets Makiivka representing the Bazhanov coal mine of the State mining enterprise Makiyivvuhol (Makeyevugol). From 1 ...

. Sometimes at the end of 1980s he coached

Victory Sports Club Victory Sports Club is a Maldivian sports club based in Malé and founded 3 July 1971, that includes a football team amongst other sports. Victory is one of the most successful football clubs in Maldives, winning a record 21 National Champions ...

from

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

. With the

fall of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

, Nosov stayed in

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

and continued to coach Ukrainian teams. In the beginning of April 2008 Nosov was hospitalized with

abdominal angina Abdominal angina is abdominal pain after eating that occurs in individuals with ongoing poor blood supply to their small intestines known as chronic mesenteric ischemia. Although the term ''angina'' alone usually denotes angina pectoris (a type o ...

at the Husak Institute of Urgent and Reconstructive Surgery in

Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...

. However soon after his surgery, he died.

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In his 50s the illustrious coach of Donetsk "Shakhtar" Victor Nosov had gone nowhere. He lived in the basement, selling light bulbs, laces and shoe creams. Up to his own death his son called him with threats: "All the same, I'll kill you!"
'. "Bulvar Gordona". 25 July 2008.
Viktor Nosov
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