Hennadii Rudynskyi


Hennadii Rudynskyi was a Soviet professional footballer and coach.

Playing career

Rudynskyi played for Zirka Kirovohrad where he was a captain. In 1953 he won the Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1958 while managing Avanhard he played in a Kremenchuk combined team that faced Poltava combined team.

Coaching career

Avanhard

Rudynskyi was managing Avanhard Kriukiv who played in 1958 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR.

Zirka

By 1961 he was a coach with Zirka Kirovohrad. He remained there until 1964.

Dnipro

In 1964 he joined Dnipro Kremenchuk as an assistant to Mykola Melnychenko. He was in Kremenchuk for two years.

Return to Zirka

Next season Rudynskyi returned to manage Zirka Kirovohrad. Yanchukov and Berezan list him as a manager for two seasons. Zirka club history page only lists him as a manager for 1966. He was a manager when he returned to face Dnipro in a friendly match on 16 November 1967. He then became a coach for Zirka. In 1968 he poached two best players from Dnipro: Viktor Stupak and Yurii Holdin. He also became a Nachalnik Komandy in 1970 and remained in position until 1972. From 1974 to 1976 he was an assistant director at the club, responsible for organizing all club activities. When he was not coaching anymore he quickly died at an unknown date.

Honours

Players

Traktor Kirovohrad