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{{Short description|Ukrainian footballer and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Leonid Buryak
| image = Leonid Buryak.jpeg
| image_size = 250
| fullname = Leonid Yosipovich Buryak
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|7|10}}
| birth_place = [[Odesa]], [[Ukrainian SSR]]
| height = {{height|m=1.82}}
| currentclub =
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1963–1966
| youthyears2 = 1966–1968
| youthyears3 = 1968–1971
| youthclubs1 = Prodmash, Odesa
| youthclubs2 = Sport School No. 6
| youthclubs3 = [[FC Chornomorets Odesa]]
| years1 = 1971–1972
| years2 = 1973–1984
| years3 = 1985–1986
| years4 = 1987–1988
| years5 = 1988-1989
| years6 = 1990
| clubs1 = [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]]
| clubs2 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| clubs3 = [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]]
| clubs4 = [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist]]
| clubs5 = [[Kemi City F.C.|KPT-85]]
| clubs6 = [[Vantaan Pallo-70|VanPa]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kasila |first=Markku |title=Pelimiehet |last2=Vuorinen |first2=Juha |publisher=Suomen Urheilumuseosäätiö |isbn=978-952-99075-9-5 |page=33}}</ref>
| caps1 = 52
| caps2 = 304
| caps3 = 37
| caps4 = 36
| caps5 = 
| caps6 = 12
| goals1 = 9
| goals2 = 56
| goals3 = 2
| goals4 = 4
| goals5 = 2
| goals6 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1974–1983
| nationalteam1 = [[USSR national football team|USSR]]
| nationalcaps1 = 49
| nationalgoals1 = 8
| manageryears1 = 1988–1989
| manageryears2 = 1990
| manageryears3 = 1991–1993
| manageryears4 = 1993
| manageryears5 = 1994–1998
| manageryears6 = 1996–2000
| manageryears7 = 1999
| manageryears8 = 2002–2003
| manageryears9 = 2005
| manageryears10 = 2005–2007
| manageryears11 = 2012
| managerclubs1 = [[Kemi City F.C.|KPT-85]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Vantaan Pallo-70|VanPa]]
| managerclubs3 = [[University of Evansville]]
| managerclubs4 = [[FC Nyva Ternopil|Nyva Ternopil]]
| managerclubs5 = [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] (assistant)
| managerclubs7 = [[FC Arsenal Tula|Arsenal Tula]]
| managerclubs8 = [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]]
| managerclubs9 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| managerclubs10 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]] (sporting director)
| managerclubs11 = [[PFC Oleksandriya|Oleksandriya]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{URS}}}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]]| [[Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[UEFA European Under-21 Championship|UEFA European U-23 Championships]]}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=RSSSF Results Archive|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eur-u23-72.html|access-date=2024-02-26|website=RSSSF|language=en}}</ref>
{{Medal|Runner-up|[[1972 UEFA European Under-23 Championship|1972 Europe]]|}}
}}

'''Leonid Yosipovich Buryak''' ({{langx|uk|Леонід Йосипович Буряк}}; born 10 July 1953) is a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[football (soccer)|football]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]], and a former Olympic [[bronze medal|bronze-medal]]-winning player.

==Career==
Buryak was born in [[Odesa]], in the [[Soviet Union]].  He was a [[midfielder]] for the [[USSR national football team]].<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NrdAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4882,2934011&dq=leonid-buryak&hl=en ''The Glasgow Herald'']</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LaJlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XYwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1692,808980&dq=leonid-buryak&hl=en ''The Vancouver Sun'']</ref> He competed for the Soviet Union at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]], at which he won a [[bronze medal]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Sports Reference|title=Leonid Buryak Biography and Statistics|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/leonid-buryak-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221125222/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/search/athlete_search.cgi?search=leonid+buryak+|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2020|access-date=28 October 2009}}</ref>

Buryak played for a number of teams in the Soviet Union, most notably for [[Dynamo Kyiv]], of which he was also the sporting manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2006/1215/nesmachniya.html |title=Blackburn to sign Kiev defender |publisher=RTÉ Sport |date=15 December 2006 |access-date=3 February 2011}}</ref> As a player, he had a tremendous impact on his team, similar to what [[Pavel Nedvěd]] or [[Zinedine Zidane]] had on theirs. Buryak has coached the [[Ukraine national football team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=396814&cc=5901 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024065059/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=396814&cc=5901 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2012 |title=Barclays Premier League  |publisher=ESPN Soccernet |date=20 December 2006 |access-date=3 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=international_feed/06/12/20/SOCCER_Ukr-Dynamo_Kiev_Nesmachnyi.html |title=NESMACHNYI CLOSE TO ROVERS MOVE &#124; Football Transfer News, Football News, Fixtures, Results, Match Reports, Stats |publisher=Sportinglife.com |access-date=3 February 2011 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/northern_ireland/2335155.stm |title= Football &#124; Internationals &#124; Northern Ireland &#124; McIlroy praises his young team |publisher=BBC News |date=16 October 2002 |access-date=3 February 2011}}</ref>

In 1979 Buryak played couple of games for [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150319200631/http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6685%3A1979spartakiadanarodovsssrros&catid=212%3Asovietua79&Itemid=775 Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR]</ref>

=== Coach of Ukraine national team ===
In 2002, Leonid Buryak was appointed coach of the Ukraine national team. Making this choice, the Football Federation set the target for the new coach to get into the final part of the 2004 European Championship. The preparation for the main matches began with the defeat of the Japanese team in the first match for Buryak-coach. 

As part of the qualifying tournament, the Ukrainian team managed to play with a score of 2-2 in Yerevan in the first match, then there was a significant victory over the Greek team. However, Buryak's team, which took the final third place in the qualifying round, failed to enter into the final part of the championship. Leonid Buryak left the national team.<ref>'''(ru)'''[https://iodessit.com/ru/eternal-odesskie-trenery-sbornoj-ukrainy-po-futbolu ''Виталий Орлов'' Одесские тренеры сборной Украины по футболу // Я - одессит, 26.08.2022]</ref>

==Awards==

===Ballon d'Or===
*[[1975 Ballon d'Or|1975]] – 23rd<ref>[http://ua.tribuna.com/tribuna/blogs/tribunal/11786.html Группа "Блестящие". 15 украинских футболистов, претендовавших на "Золотой мяч" - Трибуна-Л - Блоги - Tribuna.com]</ref>

===Soviet Footballer of the Year===
*1981 – 3rd.

===Grigory Fedotov Club===
*Scored 103 goals during their professional career.<ref>[https://odesskiye.info/uk/articles-2025-leonid-buryak-odesyt-u-klubi-imeni-grygoriya-fedotova Леонід Буряк: одесит у Клубі імені Григорія Федотова, Одеські-інфо, 14.02.2022] (in Ukrainian)</ref>

==Statistics for Dynamo==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2" width="100"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Super Cup
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
|-
|rowspan="13"|'''[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo]]'''
|1973
|26||2||9||0||6||2||-||-||41||4
|-
|1974
|29||5||5||1||6||1||-||-||40||7
|-
|1975
|25||0||1||0||8||2||-||-||34||2
|-
|1976 (s)
|5||0||1||0||-||-||-||-||6||0
|-
|1976 (a)
|13||4||-||-||8||3||-||-||21||7
|-
|1977
|26||5||2||0||2||0||1||0||31||5
|-
|1978
|24||5||8||4||3||1||-||-||35||10
|-
|1979
|26||5||6||1||6||1||-||-||38||7
|-
|1980
|28||9||7||5||1||1||-||-||36||15
|-
|1981
|29||9||7||0||5||1||1||0||42||10
|-
|1982
|21||3||2||1||4||2||-||-||27||6
|-
|1983
|28||6||1||0||2||0||-||-||31||6
|-
|1984
|24||3||2||0||-||-||-||-||26||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!304!!56!!51!!12!!51!!14!!2!!0!!408!!82
|}

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

== Personal life ==
His father died early. Mother raised three children on her own.<ref>{{Cite web|access-date=2023-12-10|lang=ru|title=Интервью из прошлого. Леонид Буряк: «С Блохиным понимали друг друга с полувзгляда»|url=https://zbirna.com/post/intervyu-iz-proshlogo-leonid-buryak-s-blohinym-ponimali-drug-druga-s-poluvzglyada|website=Команда №1}}</ref>

He is married to [[Zhanna Vasiura]], an rhythmic gymnast. They have two children - daughter Oksana and son Andrei.<ref>{{Cite web|access-date=2023-12-10|title=Леонид Буряк: домашний человек|url=https://football.ua/ukraine/15138-leonyd-burjak-domashnyjj-chelovek.html|website=football.ua}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Footballfacts.ru}}

{{Soviet Union Squad 1976 Summer Olympics}}
{{USSR Squad 1982 World Cup}}
{{FC Nyva Ternopil managers}}
{{FC Chornomorets Odesa managers}}
{{Ukraine national football team managers}}
{{FC Dynamo Kyiv managers}}
{{PFC Oleksandria managers}}
{{Authority control}}

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