Viktor Zvyahintsev

{{Short description|Soviet footballer (1950–2022)}}

{{family name hatnote|Oleksandrovych|Zvyahintsev|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Viktor Zvyahintsev

| image = Viktor Zvyahintsev.jpg

| caption = Zvyahintsev in 2012

| fullname = Viktor Oleksandrovych Zvyahintsev

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|10|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stalino, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|4|22|1950|10|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Donetsk, Ukraine (Russian-occupied Ukraine)

| height = 1.79 m

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Shakhtar Donetsk

| years1 = 1968–1970

| clubs1 = Shakhtar Donetsk

| years2 = 1971

| clubs2 = SKA Kyiv

| years3 = 1972

| clubs3 = CSKA Moscow

| years4 = 1973–1975

| clubs4 = Shakhtar Donetsk

| years5 = 1976

| clubs5 = Dynamo Kyiv

| years6 = 1977–1980

| clubs6 = Shakhtar Donetsk

| years7 = 1981

| clubs7 = Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

| years8 = 1981

| clubs8 = Tavriya Simferopol

| caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 0

| caps2 = 42 | goals2 = 0

| caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 0

| caps4 = 72 | goals4 = 0

| caps5 = 5 | goals5 = 0

| caps6 = 63 | goals6 = 0

| caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0

| caps8 = 33 | goals8 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1975–1976

| nationalteam1 = USSR

| nationalcaps1 = 13

| nationalgoals1 = 1

}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's Football}}

{{MedalBronze | 1976 Montreal| Team competition}}

{{MedalCompetition | UEFA European U-23 Championships}}{{Cite web |title=RSSSF Results Archive|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u23-72.html|access-date=2024-02-26|website=RSSSF|language=en}}

{{Medal|Runner-up|1972 Europe|}}

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Viktor Oleksandrovych Zvyahintsev ({{langx|uk|Віктор Олександрович Звягінцев}}, {{langx|ru|Виктор Александрович Звягинцев}}; 22 October 1950 – 22 April 2022){{Cite web|url=https://shakhtar.com/en/news/2022/april/22_news/22_viktor-zvyagintsev/|title=Viktor Zvyagintsev passed away|date=22 April 2022|access-date=22 April 2022}} was a Ukrainian footballer who played as a defender. He was a member of the football congress of the unrecognised Donetsk People's Republic.{{Cite web|url=https://ua.tribuna.com/tribuna/blogs/lateral/810167.html|title = 4 известных футбольных деятеля, которые будут поднимать футбол ДНР}}{{Cite web|url=http://novosti.dn.ua/news/237227-4-yzvestnykh-futbolnykh-deyatelya-ukrayny-budut-podnymat-futbol-dnr|title = 4 відомих футбольних діяча України підніматимуть "футбол ДНР"}}

International career

Zvyahintsev made his debut for USSR on 12 October 1975 in a UEFA Euro 1976 qualifier against Switzerland (USSR did not qualify for the final tournament).

Personal life

His son-in-law is a football player and coach Viktor Onopko.{{Cite web|url=https://www.championat.com/football/article-4672517-intervyu-s-viktorom-onopko-ban-sbornoj-rossii-na-chm-2022-druzhba-s-karpinym-podyom-rostova-priglashenie-spartaka.html|title = "К полякам претензий нет». Как штаб сборной России поднимает «Ростов"}}{{Cite web|url=https://rsport.ria.ru/20130829/682973617.html|title = Виктор Онопко. Футболист у которого все решения в карьере, кроме одного, были правильными|date = 29 August 2013}}

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk

USSR

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