Andriy Biba
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andriy Andriyovych Biba | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Kiev, USSR | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FShM Kyiv | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957-1967 | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 247 | (69) |
| 1968-1969 | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 74 | (15) |
| 1970 | FC Desna Chernihiv | ||
| International career | |||
| 1965 | USSR | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1972-1973 | FC Dynamo Kyiv (assistant) | ||
| 1975-1976 | SC Tavriya Simferopol (assistant) | ||
| 1977-1978 | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (assistant) | ||
| 1980 | FC Spartak Zhytomyr | ||
| 1981 | FC Vuhlyk Horlivka | ||
| 1983 | FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi | ||
| 1986-1989 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | ||
| 1993-1994 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | ||
| 1994-1995 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | ||
| 1995-1996 | FC Khimik Zhytomyr | ||
| 1997-present | FC Dynamo Kyiv (scout) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Andriy Andriyovych (or Andrei Andreyevich) Biba (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Биба; Ukrainian: Андрій Андрійович Біба) (born 10 August 1937 in Kiev, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union) is a retired Soviet football player and Ukrainian coach.
Honours
- Soviet Top League winner: 1961, 1966, 1967.
- Soviet Cup winner: 1964, 1966.
- Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1966.
Playmaker
Biba is acknowledged as one of the greatest attacking midfielders Eastern Europe has ever produced. As Guardian journalist Jonathan Wilson, explains he functioned as 'Bobby Charlton did in Alf Ramsey's England side'[1] as an advanced attacking midfielder moving the ball around the attacking third with a howitzer shot. He enjoyed a starring role in the Dynamo Kiev team of Victor Maslov.
International career
Biba played his only game for the USSR on 4 July 1965 in a friendly against Brazil starring Pelé.
References
- ↑ Jonathan Wilson, Inverting the Pyramid (2008/Orion)
External links
- (Russian) Profile
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