Viktor Ponedelnik

Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik (Russian: Виктор Владимирович Понедельник, born 22 May 1937 in Rostov-on-Don[1]) is a Russian former footballer and former manager, who played for the Soviet Union national team.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Ponedelnik.
Viktor Ponedelnik
Ponedelnik in 2015
Personal information
Full name Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik
Date of birth (1937-05-22) 22 May 1937
Place of birth Rostov-on-Don, USSR
Playing position(s) Striker
Youth career
Burevestnik Rostov-on-Don
– Rostov Military College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1958 Torpedo/Rostselmash 58 (32)
1959–1960 FC SKA Rostov-on-Don 45 (17)
1961 CSKA Moscow
1961–1965 SKA Rostov-on-Don 114 (37)
1966 FC Spartak Moscow
National team
1960–1964 Soviet Union 29 (20)
Teams managed
1969 Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ponedelnik first started playing for a local team, Rostselmash, in 1956. In 1958, he switched to SKA Rostov-on-Don and was invited to join the Soviet national team. In the 1960 European Championship, the only major Championship ever won by the Soviet Union, Ponedelnik headed home the winning goal in extra time in the final game against Yugoslavia. Ponedelnik retired in 1966 after gaining weight and undergoing surgery for appendicitis. He scored 20 (according to some accounts, 21) goals in 29 games[2] for his country.

In later years, Ponedelnik worked as a coach, a sports journalist, an editor of a sports publication,[3] and an advisor to the President of the Russian Federation. He has received numerous awards for his contribution to Soviet and Russian sport. He is married and has three children and four grandchildren.

In Rostov-on-Don at the stadium, Olimp-2 28 August 2015 a monument depicting a young Ponedelnik with the cup in his hands.[4]

Honours

International
USSR

Individual

Books
  • My love, football
  • Penalty area
  • Ball - the gate
  • Confessions of a central striker
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gollark: What if you cover plugs in contact poison, *and* spikes, to create a sense of danger?
gollark: Sort of, iIR©.
gollark: Oh yes, and you can't step on any other plugs, noooo...
gollark: Hey, I could add your name to the insults/negative words list as an insult!

References
  1. Понедельник: благодаря подвыпившему писарю я мог бы стать Понедилком
  2. Футбол. Разговор по пятницам. Виктор Понедельник: «Стукача „пробил" Лев Яшин», «Спорт-Экспресс», 11.11.2011
  3. Не чувствовал в «Советском спорте» себя чужим
  4. Sport.ru
  5. Виктор Понедельник получил орден «За заслуги перед Ростовской областью» Archived 3 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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