Place of birth Stalino, Ukrainian SSR Playing position Position Defender | Place of death Donetsk, Ukraine Height 1.8 m | |
Full name Viktor Vasylyovych Nosov Date of birth (1940-07-19)19 July 1940 Date of death April 17, 2008(2008-04-17) (aged 67) Died 17 April 2008, Donetsk, Ukraine | ||
Viktor Nosov (Ukrainian: Віктор Васильович Носов; 19 July 1940 – 17 April 2008) was a Ukrainian Soviet footballer and coach. He was a Master of Sports of the Soviet Union and Merited Coach of Ukraine. While being led by Nosov, in 1979-1985 Shakhtar Donetsk won two Soviet Cups and became a runner-up of the Soviet Top League.
Nosov started out his playing career in 1958 in FC Shakhtar Donetsk. He retired in 1972 with FC Budivelnyk Poltava. The same year he became a coach for FC Shakhtar Makiivka. Sometimes at the end of 1980s he coached Victory Sports Club from Maldives. With the fall of the Soviet Union, Nosov stayed in Ukraine and continued to coach Ukrainian teams.
In the beginning of April 2008 Nosov was hospitalized with abdominal angina at the Husak Institute of Urgent and Reconstructive Surgery in Donetsk. However soon after his surgery, he died.