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{{Short description|Ukrainian footballer (born 1958)}}
{{family name hatnote|Vasylovych|Bezsonov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Volodymyr Bezsonov<br>Володимир Безсонов
| image = Volodymyr Bezsonov.JPG
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Bezsonov in 2010
| fullname = Volodymyr Vasylyovich Bezsonov
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|3|5}}
| birth_place = [[Kharkiv]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]], Soviet Union
| height = {{height|m=1.80|precision=0}}
| currentclub = 
| position = [[Right-back]]
| years1 = 1976–1990
| years2 = 1990–1991
| clubs1 = [[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
| clubs2 = [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
| caps1 = 277
| caps2 = 5
| goals1 = 27
| goals2 = 0
| totalcaps = 282
| totalgoals = 27
| nationalyears1 = 1977–1990
| nationalteam1 = [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
| nationalcaps1 = 79
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| nationalyears2 = 1980
| nationalteam2 = [[Soviet Union Olympic football team|Soviet Union Olympic]]
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1997–2000
| manageryears2 = 2001
| manageryears3 = 2002–2003
| manageryears4 = 2004–2005
| manageryears5 = 2006
| manageryears6 = 2006–2008
| manageryears7 = 2008–2010
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Arsenal Kyiv|CSKA Kyiv]]
| managerclubs2 = [[FC Arsenal Kyiv|CSKA Kyiv]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Turkmenistan national football team|Turkmenistan]]
| managerclubs4 = [[FC Nyva Vinnytsia|Nyva Vinnytsia]]
| managerclubs5 = [[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Luhansk]]
| managerclubs6 = [[FC Kharkiv]]
| managerclubs7 = [[FC Dnipro]]
| medaltemplates-expand = yes
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{URS}}}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[UEFA Euro 1988|1988 West Germany]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]|}} 
{{MedalCompetition | [[FIFA U-20 World Cup]]}} 
{{Medal|W|[[1977 FIFA World Youth Championship|1977 Tunisia]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[UEFA European Under-19 Championship|UEFA European U-18 Championships]]}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/junior_team/history/1976_u18.html |title=Юниорский турнир УЕФА–1976 – Юношеская сборная России по футболу<!-- The title was added by a bot --> |access-date=2024-02-26 |archive-date=2021-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723230829/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/junior_team/history/1976_u18.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Medal|W|[[1976 UEFA European Under-18 Championship|1976 Hungary]]|}}
}}

'''Volodymyr Vasylyovych Bezsonov''' ({{langx|uk|Володимир Васильович Безсонов}}, also spelled '''Vladimir Vasilijević Bessonov''' from {{langx|ru|Владимир Васильевич Бессонов}}, born 5 March 1958) is a [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] [[football (soccer)|football]] manager and former player who played for the former [[Soviet Union national football team]]. The most recent team he was managing was [[FC Dnipro]] in the [[Ukrainian Premier League]].

==Club career==
Bezsonov is a graduate student of the [[Kharkiv State College of Physical Culture 1]] where he began his football career. In 1975 he was joined [[FC Metalist Kharkiv]], but only played for its reserve team.

In 1976 Bezsonov joined [[Dynamo Kyiv]]. There, he spent most of his career, except for a short one-season stint in Israeli club [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.]] in 1990–91. He was well known as a lightning quick full-back with a powerful shot. Bezsonov was attack-minded and scored a good return for a defender. He ended with 27 goals in the 377 games that he played for Dynamo.

==International career==
Bezsonov won 79 caps and scored 4 goals for the Soviet Union national team from 1977 to 1990 and was included in three [[FIFA World Cup]] squads. He also holds the record for the fifth most appearances for the team.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ussr-recintlp.html | title = Soviet Union/CIS – Record International Players | author = Roberto Mamrud and Matthias Arnhold | date = 28 March 2012 | access-date = 29 March 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref> In the 1990 World Cup, he was sent off against Argentina. His team ended up losing the game 2–0 which eventually became his farewell match for the Soviet national team.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/bessonov-intl.html | title = Vladimir Vasilyevich Bessonov – Goals in International Matches | author = Matthias Arnhold | date = 28 March 2012 | access-date = 29 March 2012 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>

In 1979, Bezsonov played a couple of matches for the [[Ukraine national football team|Ukrainian SSR]] at the [[Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR|Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR]] where Ukraine placed third.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6685:1979spartakiadanarodovsssrros&catid=212:sovietua79&Itemid=775|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319200631/http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6685:1979spartakiadanarodovsssrros&catid=212:sovietua79&Itemid=775|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 March 2015|script-title=uk:Футбольный турнир VII Летней Спартакиады народов СССР. Составы команд.|trans-title=Football tournament of the VII Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. The teams.|date=19 March 2015}}</ref>

In 1980, Bezsonov was on the Soviet squad for the [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]] where the Soviet Union placed third.

==Managerial career==
Most recently, Bezsonov was the head coach of [[FC Dnipro]] in the [[Ukrainian Premier League]], but was sacked in September 2010 following the team's elimination from the [[UEFA Europa League]] and a number of poor results domestically.

==Personal life==
Bezsonov is married to Viktoria Serykh, a former two-time world champion in [[rhythmic gymnastics]]. Together they have a daughter, [[Anna Bessonova]], who also competed internationally in rhythmic gymnastics and became world champion in 2007, as well as winning an Olympic bronze in 2004 and 2008.

In February 2022, a photo of Bezsonov on the frontline during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] was posted on social media by his daughter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/high/1645977125-futbolna-legenda-dinamo-ta-srsr-za-nezalezhnu-i-vilnu-ukrayinu-volodimir-bezsonov-doluchivsya-do-teroboroni.html|title=Футбольна легенда Динамо та СРСР – за Незалежну і вільну Україну. Володимир Безсонов долучився до ТерОборони|website=UA Football|date=27 February 2022|accessdate=27 February 2022|language=Ukrainian}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2" width="100"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!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="16"|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dynamo Kyiv]]
|[[1976 Soviet Top League|1976 (s)]]
|rowspan="16"|[[Soviet Top League]]
|9||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||9||0
|-
|1976 (a)
|2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
|[[1977 Soviet Top League|1977]]
|16||1||1||0||2||0||1||0||20||1
|-
|[[1978 Soviet Top League|1978]]
|23||3||8||2||4||0||colspan="2"|–||35||5
|-
|[[1979 Soviet Top League|1979]]
|24||2||4||0||5||1||colspan="2"|–||33||3
|-
|[[1980 Soviet Top League|1980]]
|34||5||6||2||2||0||colspan="2"|–||42||7
|-
|[[1981 Soviet Top League|1981]]
|25||2||7||2||5||1||1||0||38||5
|-
|[[1982 Soviet Top League|1982]]
|18||4||colspan="2"|–||3||1||colspan="2"|–||21||5
|-
|[[1983 Soviet Top League|1983]]
|11||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||12||1
|-
|[[1984 Soviet Top League|1984]]
|20||2||6||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||26||3
|-
|[[1985 Soviet Top League|1985]]
|25||0||2||0||7||0||colspan="2"|–||34||0
|-
|[[1986 Soviet Top League|1986]]
|16||1||3||0||5||0||1||0||25||1
|-
|[[1987 Soviet Top League|1987]]
|11||0||2||0||2||0||1||0||16||0
|-
|[[1988 Soviet Top League|1988]]
|19||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||21||0
|-
|[[1989 Soviet Top League|1989]]
|17||5||4||1||4||2||colspan="2"|–||25||8
|-
|[[1990 Soviet Top League|1990]]
|7||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||8||1
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!277!!27!!47!!8!!39!!5!!4!!0!!367!!40
|-
|}

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

===International===
<ref>[http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/bessonov.html Volodymyr Bezsonov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409215711/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/bessonov.html |date=9 April 2018 }}. www.rusteam.permian.ru (5 November 1952). Retrieved 2 January 2011.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
| colspan=3 | [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
|-
!Year
!width="40"|Apps
!width="40"|Goals
|-
|1977
||4||0
|-
|1978
||10||2
|-
|1979
||5||0
|-
|1980
||8||1
|-
|1981
||4||0
|-
|1982
||7||0
|-
|1983
||5||0
|-
|1984
||3||0
|-
|1985
||2||0
|-
|1986
||11||0
|-
|1987
||4||0
|-
|1988
||9||0
|-
|1989
||3||0
|-
|1990
||4||1
|-
!colspan="1"|Total
!79!!4
|-
|}

:''Score and results list Soviet Union's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;"
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 20 September 1978 || [[Hrazdan Stadium]], [[Yerevan]] || {{fb|GRE|old}} || 2–0 || Win || [[UEFA Euro 1980 qualifying]]
|-
| 2. || 26 November 1978 || [[Nagai Stadium]], [[Osaka]], Japan || {{fb|JPN}} || 0–3 || Win || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
| 3. || 15 October 1980 || [[Teddy Stadium]], [[Jerusalem]], Israel || {{fb|ISL}} || 5–0 || Win || [[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|1982 WC qualification]]
|-
| 4. || 24 February 1990 || [[Stanford Stadium]], [[Stanford, California]], United States || {{fb|USA}} || 1–3 || Win || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
|}

==Honours==
===Club===
'''Dynamo Kyiv'''
* [[Soviet Top League]]: [[1977 Soviet Top League|1977]], [[1980 Soviet Top League|1980]], [[1981 Soviet Top League|1981]], [[1985 Soviet Top League|1985]], [[1986 Soviet Top League|1986]], [[1990 Soviet Top League|1990]]
* [[Soviet Cup]]: [[1978 Soviet Cup|1978]], [[1982 Soviet Cup|1982]], [[1984–85 Soviet Cup|1984–85]], [[1986–87 Soviet Cup|1986–87]], [[1989–90 Soviet Cup|1989–90]]
* [[Soviet Super Cup]]: 1980, 1985, 1986; runner-up: [[1977 Season's Cup|1977]]
* [[UEFA Cup Winners' Cup]]: [[1986 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final|1986]]
* [[UEFA Super Cup]] runner-up: [[1986 European Super Cup|1986]]

===International===
'''Soviet Union'''
* [[Football at the Summer Olympics#Men's tournament|Summer Olympics]] bronze: [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980]]
* [[UEFA European Championship|UEFA Euro]] runner-up: [[1988 UEFA European Championship|1988]]

===Individual===
* FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Ball: [[1977 FIFA World Youth Championship|1977]]<ref name=tunisia1977>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/archive/tunisia1977/awards/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723144318/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/archive/tunisia1977/awards/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 23, 2015 |title=FIFA World Youth Championship Tunisia 1977&nbsp;– Awards |work=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[The best 33 football players of the Soviet Union]] (11): No. 1 (1978-1982, 1985-1987, 1989); No. 2 (1977); No. 3 (1988)
* [[Ukrainian Footballer of the Year]]: 1989; second place: 1988; third place: 1986
* Voted in the Soviet Union's "All-time World Cup team" on planetworldcup.com above other great full-backs, such as [[Igor Netto]] and [[Vasiliy Rats]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetworldcup.com/atwc/atwc_squads.html|title=Planet World Cup - The All-Time World Cup - Squads|first=Jan|last=Alsos|website=www.planetworldcup.com}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Fussballdaten|name=Vladimir Bessonow}}
* {{WorldFootball.net|name=Vladimir Bezsonov}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Vladimir Bessonov}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|vladimir-bessonov|Vladimir Bessonov}}
* {{FootballFacts.ru|name=Vladimir Bessonov}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914012640/http://www.fcdnipro.ua/content/en/?head |title=Info on Dnipro official website}}
* {{KLISF|name=Vladimir Vasil'evich Bessonov|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130729210259/http://www.klisf.ru/index.app?cmd=ln&lang=en&id=108672656273439|archive-date=2013-07-29}}

{{FIFA U-20 World Cup awards}}
{{Ukrainian Footballer of the Year}}
{{Soviet Union Squad 1980 Summer Olympics}}
{{Soviet Union Squad 1982 FIFA World Cup}}
{{Soviet Union Squad 1986 FIFA World Cup}}
{{Soviet Union Squad UEFA Euro 1988}}
{{Soviet Union Squad 1990 FIFA World Cup}}
{{FC CSKA Kyiv managers}}
{{FC Arsenal Kyiv managers}}
{{Turkmenistan national football team managers}}
{{FC Nyva Vinnytsia managers}}
{{FC Zorya Luhansk managers}}
{{FC Kharkiv managers}}
{{FC Dnipro managers}}

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