Andriy Bal

Infobox Football biography


playername = Andriy Bal
fullname = Andriy Mikhaylovich Bal
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1958|01|16
cityofbirth = Novyi Rozdil
countryofbirth = Soviet Union
height =
position = Midfielder
currentclub = FC Moscow
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1976–1980
1981–1990
1991
1991–1993
clubs = Karpaty Lviv
Dynamo Kyiv
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Bnei Yehuda
caps(goals) = 134 (12)
240 (11)
?
?
nationalyears = 1981–1989
nationalteam = USSR
nationalcaps(goals) =20 (1)
manageryears = 1993–1998
1998–1999
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2003
2003–2007
2007–
managerclubs = Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Herzliya
Hakoah Ramat Gan
Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
Vorskla Poltava
Ukraine (assistant)
FC Moscow (assistant)

Andriy Mikhaylovich Bal ( _uk. Андрій Міхайлович Баль) (born on 16 January , 1958) was a Soviet (Ukrainian) football (midfielder), currently an assistant coach.

Career

Club

Bal is a product of the Lviv youth football schools. By 1976 he was playing in the senior squad of Karpaty Lviv. After 5 years with the team he earned a transfer to Dynamo Kyiv. He went on to spend the majority of his playing career with the team, winning four championship medals with them, as well as four Soviet Cups. He also picked up 3 runner's-up medals. Another major achievement of his career with Dynamo Kyiv was winning the 1986 Cup Winners’ Cup. In 1990 he left Dynamo to play in Israel with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He spent a season there before moving on to Bnei Yehuda, where he finished his playing career in 1993.

National

Bal has played for the USSR national football team 20 times, and scored 1 goal — a memorable 20-meter strike in the game against Brazil at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. Though Bal is not to be demerited for this, the goal was made possible mostly due to lack of concentration from Brazilian goalkeeper Valdir Peres, as Bal's shot was not powerful enough to be rendered undefendable. He represented the team at all levels and won the 1976 U-19 UEFA Championship, the 1977 FIFA World Youth Championship, twice won the U-21 UEFA Championship (in 1980 and 1990). He played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup and the 1986 FIFA World Cup where the team reached the Round of 16, losing to Belgium in extra-time.

Coaching

After retiring from playing Bal began coaching in Israel. His first coaching job was with Maccabi Haifa. From there he went on to coach Maccabi Herzliya and Hakoah Ramat Gan. In 2000 he returned to Ukraine to join the coaching staff of Dynamo Kyiv. In 2001 he became head-coach of Vorskla Poltava. After two seasons with them he was became Oleg Blokhin's assistant coach with the Ukraine national football team. On December 14, 2007 he was officially announced as assistant-coach at FC Moscow, again moving there with Blokhin.

Honours

As player

*Soviet Top League (all with Dynamo Kyiv):* Champion (4): 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990:* Runner-up, silver (2): 1982, 1988:* Runner-up, bronze (1): 1989

*Soviet First League (with Karpaty Lviv):* Champion (1): 1979

*Soviet Cup (with Dynamo Kyiv):* Champion (4): 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990

*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (with Dynamo Kyiv):* Champion (1): 1986

*Toto Cup (with Bnei Yehuda):* Champion (1): 1992

*U-21 UEFA Championship:* Champion, (2): 1980, 1990

*U-20 FIFA World Cup:* Champion (1): 1977

*U-19 UEFA Championship:* Champion, (1): 1976

As coach

* Old Liga Leumit/Ligat ha'Al (with Maccabi Haifa):* Champion (1): 1993–94

References

* [http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/bal.html RussiaTeam biography]