Leonid Buryak

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Leonid Buryak

| image = Leonid Buryak.jpeg

| image_size = 250

| fullname = Leonid Yosipovich Buryak

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|7|10}}

| birth_place = Odesa, Ukrainian SSR

| height = {{height|m=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 = 1990

| clubs1 = Chornomorets Odesa

| clubs2 = Dynamo Kyiv

| clubs3 = Torpedo Moscow

| clubs4 = Metalist

| clubs5 = KPT-85

| clubs6 = VanPa{{Cite book |last=Kasila |first=Markku |title=Pelimiehet |last2=Vuorinen |first2=Juha |publisher=Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö |isbn=978-952-99075-9-5 |page=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 = 1974–1983

| nationalteam1 = 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 = 2012

| managerclubs1 = KPT-85

| managerclubs2 = VanPa

| managerclubs3 = University of Evansville

| managerclubs4 = Nyva Ternopil

| managerclubs5 = Chornomorets Odesa

| managerclubs6 = Ukraine (assistant)

| managerclubs7 = Arsenal Tula

| managerclubs8 = Ukraine

| managerclubs9 = Dynamo Kyiv

| managerclubs10 = Dynamo Kyiv (sporting director)

| managerclubs11 = Oleksandriya

| medaltemplates =

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Leonid Yosipovich Buryak ({{langx|uk|Леонід Йосипович Буряк}}; 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.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NrdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4882,2934011&dq=leonid-buryak&hl=en The Glasgow Herald][https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LaJlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XYwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1692,808980&dq=leonid-buryak&hl=en The Vancouver Sun] He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics, at which he won a bronze medal.{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Leonid Buryak Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/leonid-buryak-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221125222/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/search/athlete_search.cgi?search=leonid+buryak+|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2020|access-date=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/1215/nesmachniya.html |title=Blackburn to sign Kiev defender |publisher=RTÉ Sport |date=15 December 2006 |access-date=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.{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=396814&cc=5901 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024065059/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=396814&cc=5901 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2012 |title=Barclays Premier League |publisher=ESPN Soccernet |date=20 December 2006 |access-date=3 February 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=international_feed/06/12/20/SOCCER_Ukr-Dynamo_Kiev_Nesmachnyi.html |title=NESMACHNYI CLOSE TO ROVERS MOVE | Football Transfer News, Football News, Fixtures, Results, Match Reports, Stats |publisher=Sportinglife.com |access-date=3 February 2011 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/northern_ireland/2335155.stm |title= Football | Internationals | Northern Ireland | McIlroy praises his young team |publisher=BBC News |date=16 October 2002 |access-date=3 February 2011}}

In 1979 Buryak played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150319200631/http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6685%3A1979spartakiadanarodovsssrros&catid=212%3Asovietua79&Itemid=775 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 2004 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)[https://iodessit.com/ru/eternal-odesskie-trenery-sbornoj-ukrainy-po-futbolu Виталий Орлов Одесские тренеры сборной Украины по футболу // Я - одессит, 26.08.2022]

Awards

=Ballon d'Or=

1975 – 23rd[http://ua.tribuna.com/tribuna/blogs/tribunal/11786.html Группа "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.[https://odesskiye.info/uk/articles-2025-leonid-buryak-odesyt-u-klubi-imeni-grygoriya-fedotova Леонід Буряк: одесит у Клубі імені Григорія Федотова, Одеські-інфо, 14.02.2022] (in Ukrainian)

Statistics for Dynamo

rowspan="2" width="100"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="2"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Europe !colspan="2"\|Super Cup !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
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"\|Goals
rowspan="13"\|Dynamo \|1973 \|26	2	9	0	6	2\|

\|41	4
1974 \|29	5	5	1	6	1\|

\|40	7
1975 \|25	0	1	0	8	2\|

\|34	2
1976 (s) \|5	0	1	0\|



\|6	0
1976 (a) \|13	4\|

\|8	3\|

\|21	7
1977 \|26	5	2	0	2	0	1	0	31	5
1978 \|24	5	8	4	3	1\|

\|35	10
1979 \|26	5	6	1	6	1\|

\|38	7
1980 \|28	9	7	5	1	1\|

\|36	15
1981 \|29	9	7	0	5	1	1	0	42	10
1982 \|21	3	2	1	4	2\|

\|27	6
1983 \|28	6	1	0	2	0\|

\|31	6
1984 \|24	3	2	0\|



\|26	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.{{Cite web|access-date=2023-12-10|lang=ru|title=Интервью из прошлого. Леонид Буряк: «С Блохиным понимали друг друга с полувзгляда»|url=https://zbirna.com/post/intervyu-iz-proshlogo-leonid-buryak-s-blohinym-ponimali-drug-druga-s-poluvzglyada|website=Команда №1}}

He is married to Zhanna Vasiura, an rhythmic gymnast. They have two children - daughter Oksana and son Andrei.{{Cite web|access-date=2023-12-10|title=Леонид Буряк: домашний человек|url=https://football.ua/ukraine/15138-leonyd-burjak-domashnyjj-chelovek.html|website=football.ua}}