Leonid Buryak

Personal information
Leonid Buryak
Full name	Leonid Yosipovich Buryak
Date of birth	July 10, 1953 (1953-07-10) (age 54)
Place of birth	Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Playing position	Sporting Director, former Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Dynamo Kyiv
Youth clubs
1963–1966 1966–1968 1968–1971	Prodmash, Odessa Sport School #6 FC Chornomorets Odessa
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1971–1972 1973–1984 1985–1986 1987–1988 1988	FC Chornomorets Odessa Dynamo Kyiv Torpedo Moscow Metalist Kharkov KPT-85
National team
1972–1983	USSR	53 (10)
Teams managed
1988–1989 1990 1991–1993 1993 1994–1998 1999 1995–2005 2005	KPT-85 VanPa University of Evansville Niva Ternopil FC Chornomorets Odessa Arsenal Tula Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Leonid Yosipovich Buryak (Ukrainian: Леонід Йосипович Буряк) (born 10 July 1953 in Odessa) is a Ukrainian football coach. He was formerly a midfielder for the USSR national football team.

Buryak played for a number of teams in the Soviet Union, most notably for Dynamo Kyiv. As a player he had a tremendous impact on his team, similar to what Pavel Nedvěd or Zinedine Zidane had on theirs. Leonid Buryak has coached the Ukrainian national football team in the past. He is currently a sporting director for Dynamo Kyiv.

v • d • e USSR squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Dasayev • 2 Sulakvelidze • 3 Chivadze • 4 Khidiyatullin • 5 Baltacha • 6 Demyanenko • 7 Shengelia • 8 Bessonov • 9 Gavrilov • 10 Oganesian • 11 Blokhin • 12 Bal • 13 Daraselia • 14 Borovsky • 15 Andreyev • 16 Rodionov • 17 Buryak • 18 Susloparov • 19 Yevtushenko • 20 Romantsev • 21 Viktor Chanov • 22 Vyacheslav Chanov • Coach: Beskov

v • d • e Ukraine national football team – Managers

Prokopenko (1992) • Pavlov (1992^c) • Bazilevych (1993–1994) • Pavlov (1994^c) • Szabo (1994) • Koñkov (1995) • Szabo (1996–1999) • Lobanovsky (2000–2001) • Buriak (2002–2003) • Blokhin (2003–2007) Mykhailychenko (2008–present) (c) caretaker