Leonid Yosipovich Buryak ( uk, Леонід Йосипович Буряк; born 10 July 1953) is a

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, and a former Olympic bronze-medal-winning player.

Career

Buryak was born in

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, in the

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. He was a

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for the

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. He competed for the Soviet Union at the

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, at which he won a

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. Buryak played for a number of teams in the Soviet Union, most notably for

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, of which he was also the sporting manager. As a player, he had a tremendous impact on his team, similar to what

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had on theirs. Buryak has coached the

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. In 1979 Buryak played couple of games for

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at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.

Coach of Ukraine national team

In 2002, Leonid Buryak was appointed coach of the Ukraine national team. Making this choice, the Football Federation set the target for the new coach to get into the final part of the 2002 European Championship. The preparation for the main matches began with the defeat of the Japanese team in the first match for Buryak-coach. As part of the qualifying tournament, the Ukrainian team managed to play with a score of 2-2 in Yerevan in the first match, then there was a significant victory over the Greek team. However, Buryak's team, which took the final third place in the qualifying round, failed to enter into the final part of the championship. Leonid Buryak left the national team.

Awards

Ballon d'Or

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

– 23rd

Soviet Footballer of the Year

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

– 3rd.

Grigory Fedotov Club Grigory Fedotov Club (russian: Клуб Григо́рия Федо́това) is a non-official list of Soviet and Russian football players that have scored 100 or more goals during their professional career. This club is named after first Sovie ...

*Scored 103 goals during their professional career.Леонід Буряк: одесит у Клубі імені Григорія Федотова, Одеські-інфо, 14.02.2022
(in Ukrainian)

Statistics for Dynamo

*The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Buryak, Leonid 1953 births Living people Footballers from Odesa Soviet footballers Soviet expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Finland Ukrainian football managers Ukrainian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Finland Expatriate soccer managers in the United States Expatriate football managers in Russia FC Nyva Ternopil managers FC Chornomorets Odesa managers Evansville Purple Aces men's soccer coaches Ukraine national football team managers Soviet Union international footballers Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union 1982 FIFA World Cup players Soviet Top League players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC Dynamo Kyiv managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Olympic medalists in football FC Arsenal Tula managers FC Oleksandriya managers Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Association football midfielders Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 1st class Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class