Oleg Kuznetsov

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Oleg Kuznetsov
Personal information
Full name	Oleg Vladimirovich Kuznetsov
Date of birth	March 22, 1963 (1963-03-22) (age 45)
Place of birth	Magdeburg, East Germany
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Central defender
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
1971–1980	FC Desna Chernihiv
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1981–1982 1983–1990 1990–1994 1994–1995 1995–1997	FC Desna Chernihiv Dynamo Kyiv Rangers F.C. Maccabi Haifa CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv Total	14 (0) 181 (5) 35 (1) 6 (0) 11 (1) 247 (7)
National team
1986–1991 1992 1993–1995	USSR CIS Ukraine Total	58 (1) 5 (0) 3 (0) 66 (1)
Teams managed
1998–2001 2001–2002 2002–2004 2002–	CSKA Kyiv (Assistant) CSKA Kyiv Dynamo Kyiv (Assistant) Ukraine (Assistant)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Oleh Volodymyrovych Kuznetsov - or Oleg Wladimirovitsch Kuznetsow (in German) (Russian: Олег Владимирович Кузнецов) (born March 22, 1963 (Magdeburg, East Germany) is a former professional Ukrainian football player. Kuznetsov had started playing football when he was 8 years old. However, it wasn't until he was 20 when his talent was noticed by the Soviet giants at that time, Dynamo Kyiv.

A spectacular stopper, Kuznetsov stayed with Dynamo until September 1990, when he transferred to Scottish club Rangers F.C. in the prime of his career. Unfortunately, he injured his cruciate ligament in only his second game (against St Johnstone) and didn't play again for a full year. The time out meant that new players had been brought in and he was never a first choice again. After a four year stint, hampered by injuries, he moved on to the Israeli team Maccabi Haifa to play for one season. He retrned to Ukraine to finish his career with CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv.

Kuznetsov retired in 1997, after an illustrious playing career. He appeared in 63 games for the USSR/CIS national team (1 goal), and 3 times for the Ukraine side after the fall of the Soviet Union. He was a silver medal winner with the USSR team at the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship. He also represented USSR at the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups, as well as at the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship. A six-time domestic champion (3 with Dynamo Kyiv and 3 with Rangers), and a four-time domestic cup winner (3 with Dynamo Kyiv and 1 with Rangers). He won the UEFA Cup Winners Cup in 1986, and was a European Cup semi-finalist in 1987 with Dynamo Kyiv. He was in 11th place in the European Footballer of the Year award in 1988, and in 17th place in 1989.

Kuznetsov began coaching in 1998 at the last club he played for professionally, CSKA Kyiv. Starting out as an assistant coach he became head-coach for the 2001–2002 season. He moved to the coaching staff at Dynamo Kyiv and is currently on the coaching staff of the Ukraine national team. As coach, he was part of the Ukraine national team that reached the Quarter-finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

v • d • e USSR squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev • 2 Bessonov • 3 Chivadze • 4 Morozov • 5 Demyanenko • 6 Bubnov • 7 Yaremchuk • 8 Yakovenko • 9 Zavarov • 10 Kuznetsov • 11 Blokhin • 12 Bal • 13 Litovchenko • 14 Rodionov • 15 Larionov • 16 Chanov • 17 Yevtushenko • 18 Protasov • 19 Belanov • 20 Aleinikov • 21 Rats • 22 Krakovsky • Coach: Lobanovsky

v • d • e USSR squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev • 2 Bessonov • 3 Khidiyatullin • 4 Kuznetsov • 5 Demyanenko • 6 Rats • 7 Aleinikov • 8 Litovchenko • 9 Zavarov • 10 Protasov • 11 Dobrovolski • 12 Borodyuk • 13 Tsveiba • 14 Liuty • 15 Yaremchuk • 16 Chanov • 17 Zygmantovich • 18 Shalimov • 19 Fokin • 20 Gorlukovich • 21 Broshin • 22 Uvarov • Coach: Lobanovsky

v • d • e CIS squad - UEFA Euro 1992 1 Kharine • 2 Chernyshov • 3 Tskhadadze • 4 Tsveiba • 5 O. Kuznetsov • 6 Shalimov • 7 Mikhailichenko • 8 Kanchelskis • 9 Aleinikov • 10 Dobrovolski • 11 Yuran • 12 Cherchesov • 13 Kiriakov • 14 Liuty • 15 Kolyvanov • 16 D. Kuznetsov • 17 Korneev • 18 Onopko • 19 Lediakhov • 20 Ivanov • Coach: Byshovets