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Full name | Oleksandr Mykolayovych Berezhnyi | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 8 December 1957 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sukhodilsk, USSR | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender/Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Luhansk Internat | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1976–1981 | Dynamo Kyiv | 97 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
1981 | Tavriya Simferopol | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1976–1979 | Soviet Union | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1979 | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Oleksandr Mykolayovych Berezhnyi (Ukrainian: Олександр Миколайович Бережний; born 8 December 1957) is a Soviet former professional footballer.
Berezhnoy made his debut for USSR on 28 November 1976 in a friendly against Argentina. He played in qualifiers for the UEFA Euro 1980 (USSR did not qualify for the final tournament).
In 1979 Berezhnoy played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[2]