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{{Short description|Ukrainian footballer and coach}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Andriy Biba
| image =Andriy Biba.jpg
| image_size = 
| fullname = Andriy Andriyovych Biba
| height = 
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1937|8|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kyiv]], [[Ukrainian SSR]]
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = FShM Kyiv
| years1 = 1957–1967
| years2 = 1968–1969
| years3 = 1970
| clubs1 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| clubs2 = [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro]]
| clubs3 = [[FC Desna Chernihiv|Desna Chernihiv]]
| caps1 = 247
| caps2 = 74
| caps3 = 0
| goals1 = 69
| goals2 = 15
| goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1965
| nationalteam1 = [[Soviet Union national football team|USSR]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1972–1973
| manageryears2 = 1975–1976
| manageryears3 = 1977–1978
| manageryears4 = 1980
| manageryears5 = 1981
| manageryears6 = 1983
| manageryears7 = 1986–1989
| manageryears8 = 1993–1994
| manageryears9 = 1994–1995
| manageryears10 = 1995–1996
| manageryears11 = 1997–
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] (assistant)
| managerclubs2 = [[SC Tavriya Simferopol|Tavriya Simferopol]] (assistant)
| managerclubs3 = [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]] (assistant)
| managerclubs4 = [[FC Polissya Zhytomyr|Spartak Zhytomyr]]
| managerclubs5 = [[FC Shakhtar Horlivka|Vuhlyk Horlivka]]
| managerclubs6 = [[FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi|Podillya Khmelnytskyi]]
| managerclubs7 = [[FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka|Naftovyk Okhtyrka]]
| managerclubs8 = [[FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka|Naftovyk Okhtyrka]]
| managerclubs9 = [[FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka|Naftovyk Okhtyrka]]
| managerclubs10 = [[FC Polissya Zhytomyr|Khimik Zhytomyr]]
| managerclubs11 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] (scout)
}}

'''Andriy Andriyovych Biba''' ({{langx|uk|Андрій Андрійович Біба}}; born 10 August 1937) is a Soviet and Ukrainian retired football player and coach.<ref>{{cite web |title=Биба Андрей Андреевич |url=https://footballfacts.ru/person/21167-bibaandreyandreevich |website=www.footballfacts.ru |accessdate=31 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Andrey Biba |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/andrey-biba/ |website=www.worldfootball.net |accessdate=31 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Biba, Andrei |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/39175/Andrei_Biba.html |website=www.national-football-teams.com |accessdate=31 October 2021}}</ref>

==Career==
Biba's first team was Kyiv's Iskra, coached by Volodymyr Balakin. Soon, FSHM opened in Kyiv, where Balakin went and took a number of Iskra players with him. In 1957, Oleg Oshenkov took him to Dynamo Kyiv. Soon Biba made his debut for the main team - went to the match against "Zenith" in Leningrad (2:2) and scored a goal. He played for [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] (1957-1967), [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro]] (1968-1969), and [[FC Desna Chernihiv|Desna Chernihiv]] (1970). He played 246 matches in the [[Soviet Top League]] and scored 69 goals. Scored the first goal of Soviet clubs in European Cups (Cup Winners' Cup) "Coleraine" (Northern Ireland) - [[FC Dynamo Kyiv]] - 1:6. In 1967, after reaching the age of 30, he was forced to leave [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]. At first, he thought he would be a coach, but soon realized that he still had the strength to play. He spent two seasons at [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro]]. In [[1970 Soviet Second Group (Class A), Zone 1|1970]] he moved to [[FC Desna Chernihiv|Desna Chernihiv]] in [[Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Состав команды "Десна" Чернигов в сезоне 1970 |url=https://footballfacts.ru/clubsezon/43109-desnachernigov |website=www.footballfacts.ru |accessdate=31 October 2021}}</ref>

==International career==
Biba played his only game for the [[Soviet Union national football team|USSR]] on 4 July 1965 in a friendly against [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] starring [[Pelé]].  Biba appeared on the field only in the 2nd half and played 30 minutes.<ref>{{cite web|title=USSR - Brazil|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/freundschaft-1965-juli-udssr-brasilien/|website=www.worldfootball.net|accessdate=31 October 2021}}</ref>

==After retirement==
From 1972, he worked in the coaching staff of [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]. Among his merits is the invitation to Kyiv of [[Viktor Kolotov]] from [[FC Rubin Kazan|Rubin Kazan]]. In different years, he worked in the coaching staff of such clubs as [[SC Tavriya Simferopol|Tavriya Simferopol]], [[FC Dnipro|Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk]]. He coached [[FC Spartak Zhytomyr|Spartak Zhytomyr]], [[FC Shakhtar Horlivka|Vuhlyk Horlivka]], [[FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi|Podillya Khmelnytskyi]], [[FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka|Naftovyk Okhtyrka]], [[FC Khimik Zhytomyr|Khimik Zhytomyr]]. He served as a senior coach of the Football Federation of Ukraine - 1982, 1984-1986 (June), 1990-1993, June. He was the head of the team of [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] veterans. Currently coach of [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]], president of the Ukrainian club "Leather Ball".

==Playmaker==
Biba is acknowledged as one of the greatest attacking midfielders Eastern Europe has ever produced. As Guardian journalist [[Jonathan Wilson (journalist/author)|Jonathan Wilson]] explains, he functioned as '[[Bobby Charlton]] did in [[Alf Ramsey]]'s England side'<ref>Jonathan Wilson, ''Inverting the Pyramid'' (2008/Orion)</ref> as an advanced attacking midfielder moving the ball around the attacking third with a howitzer shot. He enjoyed a starring role in the [[Dynamo Kyiv]] team of [[Victor Maslov]].

==Honours==
* [[Soviet Top League]] winner: 1961, 1966, 1967.
* [[Soviet Cup]] winner: 1964, 1966.
* [[Soviet Footballer of the Year]]: 1966.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

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* {{FootballFacts.ru|21167-bibaandreyandreevich}}
* {{WorldFootball.net|andrey-biba}}
* {{Soccerway|andrey-biba/726065}}
* [http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/biba.html Profile] {{in lang|ru}}

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