Viktor Serebryanikov

Viktor Petrovich Serebryanikov (Russian: Виктор Петрович Серебряников; Ukrainian: Віктор Петрович Серебряников, 29 March 1940 – 12 November 2014) was a Soviet association football player from Ukraine (at that time Ukrainian SSR). Serebrianikov was a member of the Dynamo's squad that for the first time won the Soviet championship title in 1961 becoming the first non-Moscow team to achieve that feat, so called "the first height".[2]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Petrovich and the family name is Serebryanikov.
Viktor Serebryanikov
Personal information
Full name Viktor Petrovich Serebryanikov
Date of birth (1940-03-29)29 March 1940
Place of birth Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR
Date of death 12 November 2014(2014-11-12) (aged 74)
Place of death Kyiv, Ukraine
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder, Inside-right[2]
Youth career
1956–1958 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1959 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 39 (10)
1959–1971 FC Dynamo Kyiv 299 (70)
Total 338 (80)
International career
1963–1964 Soviet Union (Olympic) 5 (4)
1964–1970 Soviet Union 21 (3)
Managerial career
1973 FC Frunzenets Sumy
1977–1978 Nyva Pidhaitsi
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In 1960s, Serebrianikov became admired in the Soviet football for his "ball's arc" (Russian: дуга Серебряникова) when the football after being hit was spinning in two planes.[2][3][1] Later in interview he explained that the trick he picked in Brazil when the Soviet team was on tour.

After retiring from his playing career, Serebryanikov became the first head coach of Nyva Ternopil that started out from the collective farm "Path to the Communism" in the city of Pidhaitsi, Berezhany Raion in Ternopil Oblast in 1978.

He is considered as the first who received the Ukrainian Footballer of the Year award.[4]

Career statistics

Dynamo
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo 1959 70----70
1960 188----188
1961 29410--304
1962 207----207
1963 371121--3912
1964 29351--344
1965 291121623714
1966 15220--172
1967 3582040418
1968 347----347
1969 30821423611
1970 15110--161
1971 1041--51
Total 2997021514433479
  • The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments

International
National team Year
AppsGoals
Soviet Union 196431
1965––
196661
1967––
1968––
196940
197081
Career total 213

Honours

International career

Serebryanikov was a key player on the Soviet Olympic team during their 1964 Summer Olympics qualifications scoring 4 goals, yet the team did not qualify for the finals in Tokyo.

Serebryanikov made his debut for USSR senior squad on 11 October 1964 in a friendly against Austria (he was selected for the 1962 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not play in any games at the tournament). He played in the 1966 and 1970 World Cup tournaments.

He is statistically remembered as the first substituted player in the history of the World Cup, in 1970, the first World Cup where substitutions were allowed. He was substituted at half-time in the opening game of the tournament, between USSR and hosts Mexico, when he was replaced by Anatoliy Puzach.

References
  1. Artur Valerko. The Serebrianikov's arc (Дуга Серебряникова). Football.ua. 14 November 2014
  2. Maksim Maksimov. In Memoriam. The inventor of the unique arc Viktor Serebrianikov and his Golden team (In Memoriam. Изобретатель уникальной дуги Виктор Серебряников и его Золотая команда). UA-Football. 13 November 2014
  3. Viktor Serebrenykov: a wizard of the unique "arc" (Віктор Серебреников: Чарівник унікальної "дуги"). FC Dynamo Kyiv. 28 March 2005
  4. Ушел из жизни бывший игрок "Динамо" Виктор Серебряников. segodnya.ua (13 November 2014)

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