Leonid Yosipovich Buryak (; born 10 July 1953) is a Ukrainian football coach, and a former Olympic bronze-medal-winning player.
Career Buryak was born in Odesa, in the Soviet Union. He was a midfielder for the USSR national football team.The Glasgow HeraldThe Vancouver Sun He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics, at which he won a bronze medal.
Buryak played for a number of teams in the Soviet Union, most notably for Dynamo Kyiv, of which he was also the sporting manager. 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 Ukraine national football team.
In 1979 Buryak played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
Coach of Ukraine national team In 2002, Leonid Buryak was appointed coach of the Ukraine national team. Making this choice, the Football Federation set the target for the new coach to get into the final part of the 2004 European Championship. The preparation for the main matches began with the defeat of the Japanese team in the first match for Buryak-coach.
As part of the qualifying tournament, the Ukrainian team managed to play with a score of 2-2 in Yerevan in the first match, then there was a significant victory over the Greek team. However, Buryak's team, which took the final third place in the qualifying round, failed to enter into the final part of the championship. Leonid Buryak left the national team.(ru)Виталий Орлов Одесские тренеры сборной Украины по футболу // Я - одессит, 26.08.2022
Awards
Ballon d'Or 1975 – 23rdГруппа "Блестящие". 15 украинских футболистов, претендовавших на "Золотой мяч" - Трибуна-Л - Блоги - Tribuna.com
Soviet Footballer of the Year 1981 – 3rd.
Grigory Fedotov Club Scored 103 goals during their professional career.Леонід Буряк: одесит у Клубі імені Григорія Федотова, Одеські-інфо, 14.02.2022 (in Ukrainian)
Statistics for Dynamo ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeSuper CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsDynamo19732629062--41419742955161--40719752501082--3421976 (s)5010----601976 (a)134--83--217197726520201031519782458431--351019792656161--38719802897511--36151981299705110421019822132142--27619832861020--316198424320----263Total30456511251142040882
The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments
Personal life His father died early. Mother raised three children on her own.
He is married to Zhanna Vasiura, an rhythmic gymnast. They have two children - daughter Oksana and son Andrei.
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