Anatoliy Banishevskiy

Football player infobox2
playername = Anatoliy Banishevskiy
fullname = Anatoliy Andreyevich Banishevskiy


height =
nickname = Banya
dateofbirth = Birth date|1946|2|23|df=y
cityofbirth = Baku
countryofbirth = USSR
dateofdeath = death date and age|1997|12|10|1946|2|23|df=y
cityofdeath = Baku
countryofdeath = Azerbaijan
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1963-1978
clubs = Neftyanik Baku
caps(goals) = 288 (121)
nationalyears = 1965-1972
nationalteam = USSR
nationalcaps(goals) = 50 (19)
manageryears = 1981-1983
managerclubs = Neftchi Baku

Anatoliy Andreyevich Banishevskiy ( _az. Anatoli Banişevski; _ru. Анатолий Андреевич Банишевский) (February 23, 1946 in Baku - December 10, 1997 in Baku) was a football (soccer) player from Azerbaijan. He played for the USSR national football team, winning 51 caps and scoring 19 goals for the USSR. Banishevskiy played for the Soviet side in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.cite web
last =
first =
title = Development of various kinds of Azeri sport
publisher = National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan
date =
url = http://www.noc-aze.org/s02_history/history_07_e.html
accessdate = 2008-06-27 ] His club team was PFC Neftchi, and he scored 136 goals in Soviet Top League competition. The striker was unofficially named Azerbaijan's Player of the Year three times -- in 1966, 1967, and 1978.cite web
last = Movsumov
first = Rasim
title = Azerbaijan - Player of the Year Awards
publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
date = 2006-01-15
url = http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/azerpoy.html
accessdate = 2008-06-27 ]

In November 2003, as part of the celebration of UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player for Azerbaijan by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan as the country's most outstanding player over the past 50 years.cite web
last =
first =
title = Golden Players take centre stage
publisher = uefa.com
date = 2003-11-29
url = http://www.uefa.com/uefa/news/Kind=256/newsId=130150.html
accessdate = 2008-06-27 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=57154/newsId=137892.html UEFA.com - Prodigy who kept his promise, Golden player of Azerbaijan]