Anatoliy Yakovych Kuksov (Ukrainian: Анатолій Якович Куксов; 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.

Anatoliy Kuksov
Personal information
Full name Anatoliy Yakovlevich Kuksov
Date of birth (1949-11-21)21 November 1949
Place of birth Voroshilovhrad, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Date of death January 2022 (aged 72)
Place of death Luhansk, Ukraine
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1959–1966 Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1985 Zorya Voroshilovhrad 489 (87)
International career
1972 USSR 8 (0)
Managerial career
1986–1990 Zorya Voroshilovhrad (assistant)
1990–1993 Zorya Luhansk
1994 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
1995–1996 Azovets Mariupol
1996–1997 Zorya Luhansk
2001–2003 Avanhard Rovenky
2007–2008 Komunalnyk Luhansk
2010–2013 Hirnyk Rovenky
2015 Luhansk People's Republic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Team competition

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

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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

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

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Умер чемпион СССР Анатолий Куксов". Sport Express (in Russian). 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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