Oleksandr Mykolayovych Berezhnyi (; 8 December 1957 – 23 May 2025) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a defender or

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. Berezhnyi's death was announced on 23 May 2025.

International career

Berezhnoy made his debut for

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on 28 November 1976 in a friendly against

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. He played in qualifiers for the

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(USSR did not qualify for the final tournament). In 1979, Berezhnoy played couple of games for

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at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
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Honours

Dynamo Kyiv *

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: 1977 *

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: 1978

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* 1957 births 2025 deaths Footballers from Luhansk Oblast Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders FC Dynamo Kyiv players SC Tavriya Simferopol players Soviet Top League players 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{USSR-footy-defender-stub