Anatoliy Puzach Explained

Anatoliy Puzach
Fullname:Anatoliy Kyrylovych Puzach
Birth Date:1941 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Krasnyi Kut, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Death Place:Kyiv, Ukraine
Position:Striker
Youthyears1:1957–1959
Youthclubs1:Prohres Berdychiv
Years1:1960–1961
Years2:1962–1963
Years3:1963
Years4:1965–1973
Clubs1:Polissya Zhytomyr
Clubs2:SKA Lviv
Clubs3:CSKA Moscow
Clubs4:Dynamo Kyiv
Caps1:21
Caps2:57+
Caps3:0
Caps4:216
Goals1:8
Goals2:43
Goals3:0
Goals4:49
Nationalyears1:1969–1970
Nationalyears2:1972
Nationalteam1:USSR
Nationalcaps1:14
Nationalgoals1:2
Manageryears1:1974–1990
Manageryears2:1990–1992
Manageryears3:1997–2000
Managerclubs1:Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
Managerclubs2:Dynamo Kyiv
Managerclubs3:Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)

Anatoliy Kyrylovych (or Anatoli Kirillovich) Puzach (Ukrainian: Анатолій Кирилович Пузач, Russian: Анатолий Кириллович Пузач; 3 June 1941 – 19 March 2006) was a Ukrainian football player and coach.

Early career

He first played for Prohres Berdychiv and then for Polissya and SKA Lviv. In 1964, he became the top scorer of Ukrainian zone, class "B" scored 35 goals. The same year Lvivites reached the Soviet Union Cup quarter-finals. In spring 1964 the team of class "B" best players had friendlies against Dynamo Kyiv (1:2, 2:2) and after those games the quick striker with a good kick have been taken to Kyiv.

Honours

International career

Puzach made his debut for the USSR national team on 25 July 1969, in a friendly against East Germany national team and scored on his debut. He played at the 1970 FIFA World Cup final tournament and in the 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He was the first player in history to come on as a substitute in a World Cup game when non-injury substitutions were allowed for the first time in 1970. He replaced Viktor Serebryanikov in the opening match of the tournament against Mexico.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.topendsports.com/events/worldcupsoccer/firsts.htm Football World Cup Firsts