Oleksandr Berezhnyi
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| Full name | Oleksandr Mykolayovych Berezhnyi | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 December 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sukhodilsk, Voroshilovgrad Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | May 2025 (aged 67) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender, midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Luhansk Internat | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1976–1981 | Dynamo Kyiv | 97 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Tavriya Simferopol | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1979 | Soviet Union | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Oleksandr Mykolayovych Berezhnyi (Ukrainian: Олександр Миколайович Бережний; 8 December 1957 – May 2025) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. Berezhnyi's death was announced on 23 May 2025. He was 67.[2]
International career
Berezhnoy made his debut for USSR on 28 November 1976 in a friendly against Argentina. He played in qualifiers for the UEFA Euro 1980 (USSR did not qualify for the final tournament).
In 1979, Berezhnoy played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[3]
Honours
Dynamo Kyiv
- Soviet Top League: 1977
- Soviet Cup: 1978
References
- ^ "Юниорский турнир УЕФА–1976 – Юношеская сборная России по футболу". Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ Умер экс-игрок киевского Динамо Александр Бережной (in Russian)
- ^ Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
External links
- (in Russian) Profile
- Oleksandr Berezhnyi at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)