Anatoliy Fyodorovich Byshovets (russian: Анатолий Фёдорович Бышовец, uk, Анато́лій Фе́дорович Бишове́ць; born 23 April 1946) is a Soviet and Russian football manager of Ukrainian origin and former Soviet international striker. He played his entire professional career with club side Dynamo Kyiv. He won Olympic gold as a coach with the Soviet team at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was also a manager of the

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, and

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national teams. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he managed the South Korean U-23 team. He is one of the most successful modern Russian coaches.

Player

Byshovets played for the youth team of FC Dynamo Kyiv, then for their senior team in 1963-1973. Byshovets won the Soviet championship four times ( 1966,

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, 1968, 1971) and the Soviet Cup twice (1964, 1966) with them. Byshovets scored four goals for the

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in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Coach

After finishing his playing career in 1973 Byshovets worked in Dynamo Kyiv's football school. In 1988, he won the Olympic gold with the Soviet team. He has also managed various clubs and three national teams (USSR, Russia, and South Korea). Byshovets also was a consultant at

Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб «Анжи́» Махачкала́, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded ...

(2003), vice president at FC Khimki (2003–2004), and sporting director at Hearts (2004–2005). He became the first foreign coach of

in 1994.

Recent events

After having been for one year out of work Byshovets became coach of FC Lokomotiv Moscow. In 2007 Lokomotiv with Byshovets won the Russian Cup which brought Byshovets a more positive image from both the press and the fans. But despite the club's Champions League ambitions under Byshovets Lokomotiv was underachieving in the Russian Premier League. Next day after the end of 2007 season he was sacked.Lenta.ru
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FC Kuban Krasnodar FC Kuban (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Кубань" Краснодар) was a Russian football club based in Krasnodar. The team began playing in the Russian Premier League in 2011, after it was promoted for winning the R ...

. He left Kuban just over a month later, on 17 November 2009.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Byshovets, Anatoliy 1946 births Living people Footballers from Kyiv Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Russian people of Ukrainian descent Soviet footballers Soviet Union international footballers Soviet Union national football team managers Soviet football managers Ukrainian football managers Russian football managers Russia national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate football managers in South Korea Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate football managers in Portugal Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate football managers in Russia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia South Korea national football team managers AEL Limassol managers C.S. Marítimo managers FC Zenit Saint Petersburg managers UEFA Euro 1992 managers UEFA Euro 1968 players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Soviet Top League players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Shakhtar Donetsk managers FC Lokomotiv Moscow managers FC Dynamo Moscow managers Russian Premier League managers FC Tom Tomsk managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Merited Coaches of the Soviet Union Merited Coaches of Ukraine Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Association football forwards Russian expatriate football managers Ukrainian expatriate football managers