Andriy Bal

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Birth Date:
16.01.1958
Death date:
09.08.2014
Length of life:
56
Days since birth:
24180
Years since birth:
66
Days since death:
3521
Years since death:
9
Extra names:
Andrij Bal, Андрей Баль, Андрій Баль
Categories:
Coach, Football player
Nationality:
 ukrainian
Cemetery:
Set cemetery

Andriy Mykhailovych Bal (Ukrainian: Андрій Михайлович Баль, Russian: Андрей Михайлович Баль, Andrey Mikhaylovich Bal; 16 January 1958 – 9 August 2014) was a Soviet and Ukrainian football midfielder and coach.

Career

Club

Born in Rozdil, Ukrainian SSR, Bal was a product of the Lviv youth football schools. By 1976 he was playing in the senior squad of Karpaty Lviv. After 5 years with the team he earned a transfer to Dynamo Kyiv. He went on to spend the majority of his playing career with the team, winning four championship medals with them, as well as four Soviet Cups. He also picked up 3 runner's-up medals. Another major achievement of his career with Dynamo Kyiv was winning the 1986 Cup Winners’ Cup. In 1990 he left Dynamo to play in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He spent a season there before moving on to Bnei Yehuda, where he finished his playing career in 1993.

National

Bal has played for the USSR national football team 20 times, and scored 1 goal, a 20-meter strike in the game against Brazil at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He represented the team at all levels and won the 1976 U-19 UEFA Championship, the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, twice won the U-21 UEFA Championship (in 1980 and 1990). He also played in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where the Soviet team reached the Round of 16, losing to Belgium in extra-time.

Coaching

After retiring from playing Bal began coaching in Israel. His first coaching job was with Maccabi Haifa. From there he went on to coach Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Ramat Gan. In 2000 he returned to Ukraine to join the coaching staff of Dynamo Kyiv. In 2001 he became head-coach of Vorskla Poltava. After two seasons with them he was became Oleg Blokhin's assistant coach with the Ukraine national football team. On 14 December 2007 he was officially announced as assistant-coach at FC Moscow, again moving there with Blokhin.

Honours

As player
  • Soviet Top League (all with Dynamo Kyiv)
    • Champion (4): 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
    • Runner-up, silver (2): 1982, 1988
    • Runner-up, bronze (1): 1989
  • Soviet First League (with Karpaty Lviv)
    • Champion (1): 1979
  • Soviet Cup (with Dynamo Kyiv)
    • Champion (4): 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (with Dynamo Kyiv)
    • Champion (1): 1986
  • Toto Cup (with Bnei Yehuda)
    • Champion (1): 1992
  • U-21 UEFA Championship
    • Champion, (2): 1980, 1990
  • U-20 FIFA World Cup
    • Champion (1): 1977
  • U-19 UEFA Championship
    • Champion, (1): 1976
As coach
  • Israeli Championship (with Maccabi Haifa)
    • Champion (1): 1993–94

 

Source: wikipedia.org

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