1. Oleh Kuznetsov won domestic honours in the Soviet Union with Dynamo Kyiv, in Scotland with Rangers, in Israel with Maccabi Haifa and in Ukraine with CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv.
13 Facts About Oleh Kuznetsov
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Oleh Kuznetsov was born in Magdeburg, East Germany into a military family stationed in East Germany.
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Oleh Kuznetsov's family returned to their native Ukraine and the town of Chernihiv when his father retired from the army and got a job as an engineer at a local radio plant.
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Oleh Kuznetsov's mother worked as an engineer in a construction and design institute, from where she retired.
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Oleh Kuznetsov started playing when he was eight years old with local football schools before signing for the city's professional club Desna Chernihiv in 1980, continuing to improve his technique and tactics under the guidance of coach Yukhym Shkolnykov.
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Oleh Kuznetsov made 86 appearances for Desna and helped the team to finish twelfth in the Soviet Second League in the 1981 season, improving to second place in the 1982 season.
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Oleh Kuznetsov became regarded as one of the best defenders in Europe in the second half of the 1980s, known for his strong ball-winning skills and long-range shooting power.
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Oleh Kuznetsov injured his cruciate ligament in his second game and did not play again for a full year.
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Oleh Kuznetsov moved on in 1994 after a four-year stint badly hampered by injuries, with Basile Boli coming to Glasgow to take his place in the squad.
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Oleh Kuznetsov returned to Ukraine to finish his career with CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv.
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Oleh Kuznetsov appeared in 58 games for the USSR national team, five times for the interim CIS after the fall of the Soviet Union and three times for the independent Ukraine side.
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Oleh Kuznetsov began coaching in 1998 at the last club he played for professionally, CSKA Kyiv.
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Oleh Kuznetsov moved to the coaching staff at Dynamo Kyiv and later had several roles with the Ukraine national team, including as a member of the staff with the senior squad that reached the quarter-finals of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, and taking charge of various youth age group teams over the next decade.