Vladimir Pilguy

Vladimir Pilguy

Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Mikhailovich Pilguy
Date of birth	(1948-01-26) 26 January 1948
Place of birth	Dnipropetrovsk, USSR
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1958–1961	Stroitel Dnipropetrovsk
1961–1968	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	41	(0)
1970–1981	FC Dynamo Moscow	223	(0)
1982–1983	FC Kuban Krasnodar	55	(0)
Total		319	(0)
International career
1972–1977	USSR	12	(0)
Managerial career
1987–1989	USSR Football Veterans (president)
1989–1990	FC Dynamo Moscow (president)
1992	Professional Football League of Russia (director)
1996–1997	FC Torpedo-Luzhniki Moscow (director)
2003–2005	Russia U-19 (goalkeeping coach)
2007–2010	FC Saturn Moscow Oblast (sports director)
2011–2012	FC Torpedo Moscow (assistant)
Medal record Representing Soviet Union Men’s Football at the Summer Olympics 1972 Munich Team 1980 Moscow Team UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1972 Belgium
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vladimir Mikhailovich Pilguy (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Пильгуй, Ukrainian: Володимир Михайлович Пільгуй; born 26 January 1948) is a former Ukrainian and Soviet footballer.

Honours

• Soviet Top League runner-up: 1970.
• Soviet Top League bronze: 1973, 1975.
• Soviet Cup winner: 1970, 1977.
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finalist: 1972.
• UEFA Euro 1972 runner-up: 1972.
• Olympic bronze: 1972, 1980.
• Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year: 1973.
• Top 33 players year-end list: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977.
• Soviet Footballer of the Year third place: 1973.
• Lev Yashin Club member.

International career

He earned 12 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1972, and won two Olympic bronze medals.

External links

• Vladimir Pilguy at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
• Profile at RussiaTeam (in Russian)
• Vladimir Pilguy at Olympedia
• Vladimir Pilguy at Olympics.com