Role Football player Place of death Kiev, Ukraine Height 1.80 m | Playing position Position Midfielder Name Andriy Bal | |
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Full name Andriy Mykhailovych Bal Date of birth (1958-01-16)16 January 1958 Date of death 9 August 2014(2014-08-09) (aged 56) Died August 9, 2014, Kiev, Ukraine | ||
Place of birth Rozdil, Ukrainian SSR | ||
Andriy Bal ● A Simple Tribute
Andriy Mykhailovych Bal (Ukrainian: Андрій Михайлович Баль, Russian: Андрей Михайлович Баль, Andrey Mikhaylovich Bal; 16 February 1958 – 9 August 2014) was a Ukrainian football midfielder and coach.
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Club
Born in Rozdil, Ukrainian SSR, Bal was a product of the Lviv youth football schools. By 1976 he was playing in the senior squad of Karpaty Lviv. After 5 years with the team he earned a transfer to Dynamo Kyiv. He went on to spend the majority of his playing career with the team, winning four championship medals with them, as well as four Soviet Cups. He also picked up 3 runner's-up medals. Another major achievement of his career with Dynamo Kyiv was winning the 1986 Cup Winners’ Cup. In 1990, he left Dynamo to play in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He spent a season there before moving on to Bnei Yehuda, where he finished his playing career in 1993.
National
Bal has played for the USSR national football team 20 times, and scored 1 goal., a 20-meter strike in the game against Brazil at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. He represented the team at all levels and won the 1976 U-19 UEFA Championship, the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, twice won the U-21 UEFA Championship (in 1980 and 1990). He also played in the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where the Soviet team reached the Round of 16, losing to Belgium in extra-time.
Coaching
After retiring from playing Bal began coaching in Israel. His first coaching job was with Maccabi Haifa. From there he went on to coach Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Ramat Gan. In 2000, he returned to Ukraine to join the coaching staff of Dynamo Kyiv. In 2001, he became head-coach of Vorskla Poltava. After two seasons with them he became Oleg Blokhin's assistant coach with the Ukraine national football team. On 14 December 2007 he was officially announced as assistant-coach at FC Moscow, again moving there with Blokhin.
Death
Bal died on 9 August 2014 during a football match of veteran teams as a result of a blood clot.
As player
* Bal was selected as an overage player