Anatoliy Yakovych Kuksov (Ukrainian: Анатолій Якович Куксов; 21 November 1949 – January 2022) was a Soviet football player and a Ukrainian coach. He was the most capped player for Zorya Luhansk and one of the longest serving coaches of the club. In 2007–08 Kuksov unsuccessfully tried to create another professional club in city FC Komunalnyk Luhansk. In 2015 he became a coach of the Russian-occupied Luhansk region team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anatoliy Yakovlevich Kuksov | ||
Date of birth | (1949-11-21)21 November 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Voroshilovhrad, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) | ||
Date of death | January 2022 (aged 72) | ||
Place of death | Luhansk, Ukraine | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1959–1966 | Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1966–1985 | Zorya Voroshilovhrad | 489 | (87) |
National team | |||
1972 | USSR | 8 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1986–1990 | Zorya Voroshilovhrad (assistant) | ||
1990–1993 | Zorya Luhansk | ||
1994 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | ||
1995–1996 | Azovets Mariupol | ||
1996–1997 | Zorya Luhansk | ||
2001–2003 | Avanhard Rovenky | ||
2007–2008 | Komunalnyk Luhansk | ||
2010–2013 | Hirnyk Rovenky | ||
2015 | Luhansk People's Republic | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
Men's Football | ||
![]() | 1972 Munich | Team competition |
Kuksov made his debut for the USSR national team on 2 July 1972 in a friendly against Argentina.
Five of eight games for the Soviet team, Kuksov played at the 1972 Olympic football competition.
His grandson is the volleyball player Dmytro Filippov. Kuksov died in Luhansk in January 2022, at the age of 72.[1]
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Soviet Union squad – 1972 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists | ||
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FC Zorya Luhansk – managers | |
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