Andriy Bal

Andriy Mykhailovych Bal (Ukrainian: Андрій Михайлович Баль, Russian: Андрей Михайлович Баль, Andrey Mikhaylovich Bal; 16 January 1958 – 9 August 2014) was a Soviet and Ukrainian football midfielder and coach.

Andriy Bal
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Personal information
Full nameAndriy Mykhailovych Bal
Date of birth(1958-01-16)16 January 1958
Place of birthRozdil, Ukrainian SSR
Date of death9 August 2014(2014-08-09) (aged 56)
Place of deathKiev,[1] Ukraine
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1971-1975Sports boarding school (Lviv)
1975-1977Karpaty (reserve)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1980Karpaty Lviv134(12)
1981–1990Dynamo Kyiv240(11)
1991Maccabi Tel Aviv28(4)
1991–1993Bnei Yehuda62(3)
National team
1981–1989USSR20(1)
Teams managed
1993–1998Maccabi Haifa (assistant)
1998–1999Maccabi Herzliya
1999–2000Hakoah Ramat Gan
2000–2001Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
2001–2003Vorskla Poltava
2003–2007Ukraine (assistant)
2007–2009FC Moscow (assistant)
2009–2010Chornomorets Odesa
2011–2012Ukraine (assistant)
2012Ukraine (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Bal has played for the USSR national football team 20 times,[2] and scored 1 goal.,[2] a 20-meter strike in the game against Brazil at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

Bal died at 8 August 2014 during a football match of veteran teams as a result of a blood clot.[2]

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