Oleksandr Berezhnyi

Oleksandr Berezhnyi

Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Mykolayovych Berezhnyi
Date of birth	(1957-12-08) 8 December 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Sukhodilsk, USSR
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 Men's football Representing  Soviet Union UEFA European U-18 Championships[1] Winner 1976 Hungary
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksandr Mykolayovych Berezhnyi (Ukrainian: Олександр Миколайович Бережний; born 8 December 1957) is a Soviet former professional footballer.

Honours

• Soviet Top League winner: 1977.
• Soviet Cup winner: 1978.

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.[2]

References

1. "Юниорский турнир УЕФА–1976 – Юношеская сборная России по футболу". Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
2. Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR

External links

• (in Russian) Profile
• Oleksandr Berezhnyi at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)