Viktor Petrovich Serebryanikov (; , 29 March 1940 – 12 November 2014) also spelled ''Serebryannikov'', was a Soviet

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player from

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(at that time

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). Serebrianikov was a member of the Dynamo's squad that for the first time won the Soviet championship title in 1961 becoming the first non-Moscow team to achieve that feat, so called "the first height".Maksim Maksimov.
In Memoriam. The inventor of the unique arc Viktor Serebrianikov and his Golden team (In Memoriam. Изобретатель уникальной дуги Виктор Серебряников и его Золотая команда)
'. UA-Football. 13 November 2014 In 1960s, Serebrianikov became admired in the Soviet football for his "ball's arc" () when the football after being hit was spinning in two planes.Artur Valerko.

'. Football.ua. 14 November 2014 Later in interview he explained that the trick he picked in Brazil when the Soviet team was on tour. After retiring from his playing career, Serebryanikov became the first head coach of Nyva Ternopil that started out from the collective farm "Path to the Communism" in the city of

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in 1978. He is considered as the first who received the Ukrainian Footballer of the Year award.Ушел из жизни бывший игрок "Динамо" Виктор Серебряников
. segodnya.ua (13 November 2014)

Career statistics

Dynamo

*The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments

International

Honours

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (), served as the top division (tier) of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The league's name was a conditional designation used for brevity since being completely owned and g ...

winner: 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971. *

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winner: 1964, 1966.

International career

Serebryanikov was a key player on the Soviet Olympic team during their

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scoring 4 goals, yet the team did not qualify for the finals in Tokyo. Serebryanikov made his debut for

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senior squad on 11 October 1964 in a friendly against

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(he was selected for the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the 7th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place between ...

squad, but did not play in any games at the tournament). He played in the

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

and

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World Cup tournaments. He is statistically remembered as the first substituted player in the history of the World Cup, in

, the first World Cup where substitutions were allowed. He was substituted at half-time in the opening game of the tournament, between

and hosts

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, when he was replaced by

Anatoliy Puzach Anatoliy Kyrylovych (or Anatoli Kirillovich) Puzach (, ; 3 June 1941 – 19 March 2006) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian Association football, football player and coach. Career Puzach started his playing career for a factory team of FC Prohres Berdychiv ...

References

External links

RussiaTeam biography
* * DynamoFan75.
Viktor Serebrianikov (Серебряников Виктор)
'. Football in the USSR. 2 March 2016. {{DEFAULTSORT:Serebryanikov, Viktor 1940 births 2014 deaths Footballers from Zaporizhzhia Soviet men's footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Soviet Top League players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players FC Dynamo Kyiv players 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1966 FIFA World Cup players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Soviet Union men's international footballers Soviet football managers Ukrainian football managers FC Frunzenets Sumy managers FC Nyva Ternopil managers Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen