Vladimir Kazachyonok

Russian footballer (1952-2017)

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kazachyonok (Russian: Владимир Александрович Казачёнок; 6 September 1952 – 26 March 2017) was a Soviet football player and Russian coach. He was the academy director with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg until his death in 2017.

Vladimir Kazachyonok
Personal information
Full name Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kazachyonok
Date of birth (1952-09-06)6 September 1952
Place of birth Kolpino, Russian SFSR
Date of death 26 March 2017(2017-03-26) (aged 64)
Place of death Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Izhorets Kolpino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1975 Zenit Leningrad 46 (7)
1976–1978 FC Dynamo Moscow 64 (12)
1979–1983 Zenit Leningrad 144 (58)
National team
1976, 1979 USSR 2 (0)
Teams managed
1987–1989 Dynamo Leningrad
? Zenit Leningrad (youth team)
2001–2002 FC Svetogorets Svetogorsk
2003 FC Dynamo St. Petersburg
2004–2005 FC Petrotrest St. Petersburg
2006–2007 FC Khimki
2009 FC Smena-Zenit St. Petersburg
2010–2011 JK Sillamäe Kalev
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kazachyonok made his debut for USSR on December 1, 1976 in a friendly against Brazil. He also played in a UEFA Euro 1980 qualifier against Finland.

Kazachyonok died on 26 March 2017 in Saint Petersburg, Russia from a suspected heart attack at the age of 64.[1]

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