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| birth_place = Odesa, Ukrainian SSRm=1.82}}| currentclub =| position = Midfielder| youthyears1 = 1963–1966| youthyears2 = 1966–1968| youthyears3 = 1968–1971| youthclubs1 = Prodmash, Odesa| youthclubs2 = Sport School No. 6| youthclubs3 = FC Chornomorets Odesa| years1 = 1971–1972| years2 = 1973–1984| years3 = 1985–1986| years4 = 1987–1988| years5 = 1988-1989| years6 = 1990FC Chornomorets Odesa>Chornomorets OdesaFC Dynamo Kyiv>Dynamo KyivFC Torpedo Moscow>Torpedo MoscowFC Metalist Kharkiv>Metalist| clubs5 = Kemin Pallo-Toveri 85Vantaan Pallo-70KASILA TITLE=PELIMIEHET FIRST2=JUHA ISBN=978-952-99075-9-5, 33, | caps1 = 52| caps2 = 304| caps3 = 37| caps4 = 36| caps5 = | caps6 = 12| goals1 = 9| goals2 = 56| goals3 = 2| goals4 = 4| goals5 = 2| goals6 = 0| nationalyears1 = 1974–1983USSR national football team>USSR| nationalcaps1 = 49| nationalgoals1 = 8| manageryears1 = 1988–1989| manageryears2 = 1990| manageryears3 = 1991–1993| manageryears4 = 1993| manageryears5 = 1994–1998| manageryears6 = 1996–2000| manageryears7 = 1999| manageryears8 = 2002–2003| manageryears9 = 2005| manageryears10 = 2005–2007| manageryears11 = 2012Palloseura Kemi Kings>KPT-85| managerclubs2 = VanPa| managerclubs3 = University of EvansvilleFC Nyva Ternopil>Nyva TernopilFC Chornomorets Odesa>Chornomorets OdesaUkraine national football team>Ukraine (assistant)FC Arsenal Tula>Arsenal TulaUkraine national football team>UkraineFC Dynamo Kyiv>Dynamo KyivFC Dynamo Kyiv>Dynamo Kyiv (sportive director)| managerclubs11 = PFC Oleksandriya| medaltemplates ={{MedalCountry|{{URS}}}}{{MedalSport | Men’s Football}}{{MedalBronze | 1976 Montreal| Team competition}}{{MedalCompetition | UEFA European U-23 Championships}}WEB, RSSSF Results Archive,weblink 2024-02-26, RSSSF, en, {{Medal|Runner-up|1972 Europe|}}}}Leonid Yosipovich Buryak (; born 10 July 1953) is a Ukrainian football coach, and a former Olympic bronze-medal-winning player.

Career

Buryak was born in Odesa, in the Soviet Union. He was a midfielder for the USSR national football team.The Glasgow HeraldThe Vancouver Sun He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics, at which he won a bronze medal.WEB, Sports Reference, Leonid Buryak Biography and Statistics,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20200221125222weblink">weblink dead, 21 February 2020, 28 October 2009, Buryak played for a number of teams in the Soviet Union, most notably for Dynamo Kyiv, of which he was also the sporting manager.WEB,weblink Blackburn to sign Kiev defender, RTÉ Sport, 15 December 2006, 3 February 2011, As a player, he had a tremendous impact on his team, similar to what Pavel Nedvěd or Zinedine Zidane had on theirs. Buryak has coached the Ukraine national football team.WEB,weblink Barclays Premier League, ESPN Soccernet, 20 December 2006, 3 February 2011, WEB,weblink NESMACHNYI CLOSE TO ROVERS MOVE | Football Transfer News, Football News, Fixtures, Results, Match Reports, Stats, Sportinglife.com, 3 February 2011, {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}WEB,weblink Football | Internationals | Northern Ireland | McIlroy praises his young team, BBC News, 16 October 2002, 3 February 2011, In 1979 Buryak played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150319200631weblink">Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR

Coach of Ukraine national team

In 2002, Leonid Buryak was appointed coach of the Ukraine national team. Making this choice, the Football Federation set the target for the new coach to get into the final part of the 2002 European Championship. The preparation for the main matches began with the defeat of the Japanese team in the first match for Buryak-coach. As part of the qualifying tournament, the Ukrainian team managed to play with a score of 2-2 in Yerevan in the first match, then there was a significant victory over the Greek team. However, Buryak's team, which took the final third place in the qualifying round, failed to enter into the final part of the championship. Leonid Buryak left the national team.(ru)Виталий Орлов Одесские тренеры сборной Украины по футболу // Я - одессит, 26.08.2022

Awards

Ballon d'Or

• 1975 – 23rdГруппа "Блестящие". 15 украинских футболистов, претендовавших на "Золотой мяч" - Трибуна-Л - Блоги - Tribuna.com

Soviet Footballer of the Year

• 1981 – 3rd.

Grigory Fedotov Club

• Scored 103 goals during their professional career.Леонід Буряк: одесит у Клубі імені Григорія Федотова, Одеські-інфо, 14.02.2022 (in Ukrainian)

Statistics for Dynamo{| class"wikitable" style"font-size:100%; text-align: center;"

!rowspan="2" width="100"|Club!rowspan="2"|Season!colspan="2"|League!colspan="2"|Cup!colspan="2"|Europe!colspan="2"|Super Cup!colspan="2"|Total!width="40"|Apps!width="40"|Goals!width="40"|Apps!width="40"|Goals!width="40"|Apps!width="40"|Goals!width="40"|Apps!width="40"|Goals!width="40"|Apps!width="40"|GoalsDynamo|1973|4|1974|7|1975|2|1976 (s)|0|1976 (a)|7|1977|5|1978|10|1979|7|1980|15|1981|10|1982|6|1983|6|1984|3!colspan="2"|Total!304!!56!!51!!12!!51!!14!!2!!0!!408!!82

• The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments

Personal life

His father died early. Mother raised three children on her own.WEB, 2023-12-10, ru, Интервью из прошлого. Леонид Буряк: «С Блохиным понимали друг друга с полувзгляда»,weblink Команда №1, He is married to Zhanna Vasyura, an artistic gymnast. They have two children - daughter Oksana and son Andrei.WEB, 2023-12-10, Леонид Буряк: домашний человек,weblink football.ua,

References

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External links

• {{Footballfacts.ru}}

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