Leonid Buryak

Leonid Yosipovich Buryak (Ukrainian: Леонід Йосипович Буряк; born 10 July 1953) is a Ukrainian football coach, and a former Olympic bronze-medal-winning player.

Leonid Buryak

Personal information
Full name	Leonid Yosipovich Buryak
Date of birth	(1953-07-10) 10 July 1953
Place of birth	Odessa, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1963–1966	Prodmash, Odessa
1966–1968	Sport School No. 6
1968–1971	FC Chornomorets Odessa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1972	Chornomorets Odessa	52	(9)
1973–1984	Dynamo Kyiv	304	(56)
1985–1986	Torpedo Moscow	37	(2)
1987–1988	Metalist	36	(4)
1988	KPT-85
National team
1974–1983	USSR	49	(8)
Teams managed
1988–1989	KPT-85
1990	VanPa
1991–1993	University of Evansville
1993	Nyva Ternopil
1994–1998	Chornomorets Odessa
1996–2000	Ukraine (assistant)
1999	Arsenal Tula
2002–2003	Ukraine
2005	Dynamo Kyiv
2005–2007	Dynamo Kyiv (sportive director)
2012	PFC Oleksandriya
Honours Representing  Soviet Union Men’s Football 1976 Montreal Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Buryak was born in Odessa, in the Soviet Union. He was a midfielder for the USSR national football team.[1][2] He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics, at which he won a bronze medal.[3]

Buryak played for a number of teams in the Soviet Union, most notably for Dynamo Kyiv, of which he was also the sporting manager.[4] As a player, he had a tremendous impact on his team, similar to what Pavel Nedvěd or Zinedine Zidane had on theirs. Buryak has coached the Ukrainian national football team.[5][6][7]

In 1979 Buryak played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[8]

Awards

Ballon d'Or

• 1975 – 23rd[9]

Statistics for Dynamo

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Super Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dynamo	1973	26	2	9	0	6	2	-	-	41	4
	1974	29	5	5	1	6	1	-	-	40	7
	1975	25	0	1	0	8	2	-	-	34	2
	1976 (s)	5	0	1	0	-	-	-	-	6	0
	1976 (a)	13	4	-	-	8	3	-	-	21	7
	1977	26	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	31	5
	1978	24	5	8	4	3	1	-	-	35	10
	1979	26	5	6	1	6	1	-	-	38	7
	1980	28	9	7	5	1	1	-	-	36	15
	1981	29	9	7	0	5	1	1	0	42	10
	1982	21	3	2	1	4	2	-	-	27	6
	1983	28	6	1	0	2	0	-	-	31	6
	1984	24	3	2	0	-	-	-	-	26	3
Total		304	56	51	12	51	14	2	0	408	82

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

References

1. The Glasgow Herald
2. The Vancouver Sun
3. "Leonid Buryak Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
4. "Blackburn to sign Kiev defender". RTÉ Sport. 15 December 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
5. "Barclays Premier League". ESPN Soccernet. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
6. "NESMACHNYI CLOSE TO ROVERS MOVE | Football Transfer News, Football News, Fixtures, Results, Match Reports, Stats". Sportinglife.com. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
7. "Football | Internationals | Northern Ireland | McIlroy praises his young team". BBC News. 16 October 2002. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
8. Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
9. Группа «Блестящие». 15 украинских футболистов, претендовавших на «Золотой мяч» - Трибуна-Л - Блоги - Tribuna.com