Anatoliy Kuksov

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Olympic medal record

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Men's Football

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Anatoliy Yakovych Kuksov (Template:Langx; 21 November 1949 – January 2022) was a Soviet football player and a Ukrainian coach. He is the most capped player for FC Zorya Luhansk with just about a dozen matches shy of 500, one of the best scorers and one of the longest serving coaches of the club.

In 2007–08 Kuksov tried to create another professional club in city FC Komunalnyk Luhansk which folded within a couple of seasons. In 2015 he became a coach of the Russian-occupied Luhansk region team.

International career

Kuksov made his debut for the USSR national team on 2 July 1972 in a friendly against Argentina.

Five of eight games for the Soviet team, Kuksov played at the 1972 Olympic football competition.

Personal life and death

His grandson is the volleyball player Dmytro Filippov. Kuksov died in Luhansk in January 2022, at the age of 72.[1]

Honours

References

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