Andriy Bal
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| Full name | Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Rozdil, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 9 August 2014 (aged 56) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kyiv,[1] Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –1971 | DYuSSh Novyi Rozdil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1975 | OShISP Lviv | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1977 | Karpaty Lviv | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1980 | Karpaty Lviv | 134 | (12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1990 | Dynamo Kyiv | 240 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 28 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Bnei Yehuda | 62 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 464 | (30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1989 | Soviet Union | 20 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1998 | Maccabi Haifa (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Maccabi Herzliya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Hakoah Ramat Gan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Dynamo Kyiv (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | Vorskla Poltava | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2007 | Ukraine (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Moscow (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Chornomorets Odesa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Ukraine (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Dynamo Kyiv (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Ukraine (caretaker) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andriy Mykhaylovych Bal (Ukrainian: Андрій Михайлович Баль; 16 February 1958 – 9 August 2014) was a Soviet and Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder and football manager.
Club career
[edit]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 five 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 three runner-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.
International career
[edit]Bal played for the USSR national team 20 times,[3][dead link] and scored 1 goal.,[3][dead link] 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 career
[edit]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 became Oleg Blokhin's assistant coach with the Ukraine national team. On 14 December 2007, he was officially announced as assistant-coach at FC Moscow, again moving there with Blokhin.
Personal life
[edit]His brother Orest Bal was also a professional footballer.
Death
[edit]Bal died on 9 August 2014 during a football match of veteran teams as a result of a blood clot.[3][4]
Honours
[edit]As player
[edit]Dynamo Kyiv
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1986[5]
- Soviet Top League: 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990[5]
- Soviet Cup: 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990[5]
Karpaty Lviv
- Soviet First League: 1979 [6]
Bnei Yehuda
Soviet Union U21
Soviet Union U20
- U-20 FIFA World Cup: 1977[5]
Soviet Union U19
As coach
[edit]Maccabi Haifa
References
[edit]- ^ Left the life Andriy Bal... Archived 16 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Champion (Ukrayinska Pravda). 9 August 2014
- ^ "Andriy Bal (footballfacts)". footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ a b c "Former Dynamo Kiev midfielder Andrei Bal dies". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ^ Michael Yokhin (13 August 2014). "Dynamo Kiev mourn loss of Bal, Byalkevich". ESPN. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f "Андрей БАЛЬ". RussiaTeam. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ a b c "Andriy Mykhailovych Bal". The Viktor Leonenko Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
External links
[edit]
- RussiaTeam biography (in Russian)
- Andriy Bal at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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- 1958 births
- 2014 deaths
- Footballers from Lviv Oblast
- Lviv State University of Physical Culture alumni
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class
- Soviet men's footballers
- Ukrainian men's footballers
- Soviet Union men's under-21 international footballers
- Soviet Union men's international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- FC Karpaty Lviv players
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Soviet Top League players
- Soviet First League players
- Liga Leumit players
- Soviet expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers
- Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- 1982 FIFA World Cup players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- Ukrainian football managers
- Maccabi Herzliya F.C. managers
- Hakoah Ramat Gan F.C. managers
- FC Vorskla Poltava managers
- FC Chornomorets Odesa managers
- Ukraine national football team managers
- Liga Leumit managers
- Ukrainian Premier League managers
- Ukrainian expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Israel
- Expatriate football managers in Russia
- Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Deaths from thrombosis
- Burials at Baikove Cemetery
- 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen