Yurii Puzikov

Yurii Puzikov
Personal information
Full name Yurii Mykytovych Puzikov
Date of birth (1937-08-19)19 August 1937
Position(s) Forward / Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1962 Torpedo Kremenchuk 9+ (6+)
1963–1964 Dnipro Kremenchuk 33+ (0)
1965 Lokomotyv Zolotonosha
Managerial career
1990 Spartak Zolotonosha
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yurii Puzikov (Ukrainian: Юрій Микитович Пузіков, Russian: Юрий Никитович Пузиков; born 19 August 1937) is a retired Soviet professional footballer who played as a forward and later as a defender. After retiring he became a coach.

Playing career

Puzikov played for Torpedo Kremenchuk during the 1961[1] and 1962[2] seasons. Next season he moved to newly reformed professional club Dnipro Kremenchuk as a forward.[3] He wore number 4 shirt.[4] He played mostly in defense while at the club.[5] He featured a minimum of seven matches in his first season and twenty-six in his second.[6] In 1965 Puzikov joined Lokomotyv from Zolotonosha.[7]

Coaching career

In 1990 Puzikov managed Spartak Zolotonosha. His team became the Cherkasy Oblast Champions.[7]

Honours

Manager

Spartak Zolotonosha

References

  1. ^ Pyrukhin n.d.b, p. 51.
  2. ^ Pyrukhin n.d.b, pp. 54–56.
  3. ^ "Для любителів Футболу" [For football fans]. Vahonobudivnyk (in Ukrainian). No. 29 (3062). Kremenchuk. 13 April 1963.
  4. ^ Ovanesov, A. (5 July 1963). "Добре, Дніпровці!" [Good, Dnipro players!]. Peremoha (in Ukrainian).
  5. ^ Ovanesov, A. (8 July 1964). "Успіх приносять атаки" [Attacks bring success]. Peremoha (in Ukrainian).
  6. ^ Pyrukhin n.d.a, p. 76.
  7. ^ a b c Strikha, Viktor (2018). Летопись футбола и других командных видов спорта Черкасщины 1913-91 [100 football teams of masters of Ukraine in the championships of the USSR 1936-1991] (in Russian). pp. 389–390.

Sources

  • Pyrukhin, Yurii (n.d.a), Днепр Кременчуг футбол 1963-1969 [Dnipro Kremenchuk football 1963-1969] (in Ukrainian), Kremenchuk
  • Pyrukhin, Yurii (n.d.b), Энциклопедия кременчугского футбола [Encyclopedia of Kremenchuk football] (in Russian), Kremenchuk