Anatoliy Puzach
Anatoliy Kyrylovych Puzach was a Ukrainian football player and coach.
Career
Puzach started his playing career for a factory team of Prohres in Polesia small city of Berdychiv which competed at the Zhytomyr Oblast competitions. In 1960 he signed up with the new team of masters that was created in 1959 in neighboring Zhytomyr, under name of Polissya which was playing in the Class B. His military obligatory service Puzach served in Lviv playing for the local SKA Lvov. During that period he was tried out at the Soviet army main club CSKA in Moscow. In 1964, he became the top scorer of Ukrainian zone, class "B" scored 35 goals. The same year Lviv army-men reached the Soviet Union Cup quarter-finals. In spring 1964 the team of class "B" best players had friendlies against Dynamo Kyiv and after those games the quick striker with a good kick have been taken to Kyiv.From 1965 after signing with Dynamo, he played in the Soviet Top League, earlier known as Class A. He made his debut for Dynamo on 15 April 1965 in home game against Dinamo Moscow, which Kyiv won 1:0. In his first season for Dynamo which was coached by Viktor Maslov, Puzach scored 5 times in 18 matches. Overall, for Dynamo Puzach played over 200 league matches.
Honours
- Soviet Top League
- * Winner: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1990
- * Runner-up: 1965, 1969, 1972, 1973
- Soviet Cup
- * Winner: 1966
- Vyshcha Liha
- * Winner: 1993
Titles and state awards
- Merited master of sports
- Merited coach
- Order of Merit, 3rd class as a coach
International career