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'''Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik''' ({{lang-ru|Виктор Владимирович Понедельник}}, born 22 May 1937 in [[Rostov-on-Don]]<ref>[http://www.championat.com/football/news-1016667-ponedelnik-blagodarja-podvypivshemu-pisarju-ja-mog-by-stat-ponedilkom.html Понедельник: благодаря подвыпившему писарю я мог бы стать Понедилком]</ref>) is a Russian former [[association football|footballer]] and former [[manager (association football)|manager]], who played for the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union national team]].
'''Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik''' ({{lang-ru|Виктор Владимирович Понедельник}}, 22 May 1937 in [[Rostov-on-Don]]<ref>[http://www.championat.com/football/news-1016667-ponedelnik-blagodarja-podvypivshemu-pisarju-ja-mog-by-stat-ponedilkom.html Понедельник: благодаря подвыпившему писарю я мог бы стать Понедилком]</ref> - 5 December 2020) was a Russian [[association football|footballer]] and [[manager (association football)|manager]], who played for the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union national team]].


Ponedelnik first started playing for a local team, [[FC Rostov|Rostselmash]], in 1956. In 1958, he switched to ''SKA Rostov-on-Don'' and was invited to join the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet national team]]. In the [[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960 European Championship]], the only major Championship ever won by the Soviet Union, Ponedelnik headed home the winning goal in extra time in the final game against [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]. Ponedelnik retired in 1966 after gaining weight and undergoing surgery for [[appendicitis]]. He scored 20 (according to some accounts, 21) goals in 29 games<ref>[http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2011-11-11/1_4/ Футбол. Разговор по пятницам. Виктор Понедельник: «Стукача „пробил" Лев Яшин»], «[[Спорт-Экспресс]]», 11.11.2011</ref> for his country.
Ponedelnik first started playing for a local team, [[FC Rostov|Rostselmash]], in 1956. In 1958, he switched to ''SKA Rostov-on-Don'' and was invited to join the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet national team]]. In the [[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960 European Championship]], the only major Championship ever won by the Soviet Union, Ponedelnik headed home the winning goal in extra time in the final game against [[Yugoslavia national football team|Yugoslavia]]. Ponedelnik retired in 1966 after gaining weight and undergoing surgery for [[appendicitis]]. He scored 20 (according to some accounts, 21) goals in 29 games<ref>[http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2011-11-11/1_4/ Футбол. Разговор по пятницам. Виктор Понедельник: «Стукача „пробил" Лев Яшин»], «[[Спорт-Экспресс]]», 11.11.2011</ref> for his country.
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Revision as of 21:22, 5 December 2020

Viktor Ponedelnik
Ponedelnik in 2015
Personal information
Full name Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik
Date of birth (1937-05-22)22 May 1937
Place of birth Rostov-on-Don, USSR
Date of death 5 December 2020(2020-12-05) (aged 83)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Burevestnik Rostov-on-Don
Rostov Military College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1958 Torpedo/Rostselmash 58 (32)
1959–1960 FC SKA Rostov-on-Don 45 (17)
1961 CSKA Moscow
1961–1965 SKA Rostov-on-Don 114 (37)
1966 FC Spartak Moscow
International career
1960–1964 Soviet Union 29 (20)
Managerial career
1969 Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1960 France
Runner-up 1964 Spain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik (Template:Lang-ru, 22 May 1937 in Rostov-on-Don[1] - 5 December 2020) was a Russian footballer and manager, who played for the Soviet Union national team.

Ponedelnik first started playing for a local team, Rostselmash, in 1956. In 1958, he switched to SKA Rostov-on-Don and was invited to join the Soviet national team. In the 1960 European Championship, the only major Championship ever won by the Soviet Union, Ponedelnik headed home the winning goal in extra time in the final game against Yugoslavia. Ponedelnik retired in 1966 after gaining weight and undergoing surgery for appendicitis. He scored 20 (according to some accounts, 21) goals in 29 games[2] for his country.

In later years, Ponedelnik worked as a coach, a sports journalist, an editor of a sports publication,[3] and an advisor to the President of the Russian Federation. He has received numerous awards for his contribution to Soviet and Russian sport. He is married and has three children and four grandchildren.

In Rostov-on-Don at the stadium, Olimp-2 28 August 2015 a monument depicting a young Ponedelnik with the cup in his hands.[4]

Honours

International

USSR

Individual

Books

  • My love, football
  • Penalty area
  • Ball - the gate
  • Confessions of a central striker

References