Vladimir Mikhailovich Pilguy (russian: Владимир Михайлович Пильгуй, uk, Володимир Михайлович Пільгуй; born 26 January 1948) is a former

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and

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

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Honours

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

runner-up: 1970. *

bronze: 1973, 1975. *

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...

winner: 1970, 1977. *

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tourn ...

finalist: 1972. *

UEFA Euro 1972 The 1972 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Belgium. This was the fourth UEFA European Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 14 and 18 June 1972. Only four ...

runner-up: 1972. * Olympic bronze: 1972, 1980. * Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year: 1973. * Top 33 players year-end list: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977. *

Soviet Footballer of the Year The award Soviet Footballer of the Year was awarded to the best footballer of the Soviet Union from 1964 until 1991. The poll was conducted among journalists by the weekly sport newspaper ''Football'' (Football-Hockey). Each journalist named his ow ...

third place: 1973. * Lev Yashin Club member.

International career

He earned 12 caps for the

USSR national football team The Soviet Union national football team ( rus, сбо́рная СССР по футбо́лу, r=sbórnaya SSSR po futbólu) was the national football team of the former Soviet Union. After the breakup of the Union the team was transformed ...

, and participated in

, and won two Olympic bronze medals.

External links

Profile (in Russian)
1948 births Footballers from Dnipro Living people Russian footballers Soviet footballers Soviet Union international footballers Ukrainian footballers UEFA Euro 1972 players FC Dnipro players FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Kuban Krasnodar players Soviet Top League players Olympic footballers of the Soviet Union Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Association football goalkeepers {{russia-footy-goalkeeper-stub