Viktor Ponedelnik

Viktor Ponedelnik
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Full name	Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik
Date of birth	22 May 1937 (1937-05-22) (age 74)
Place of birth	Rostov-on-Don, USSR
Playing position	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
National team
1960–1964	USSR	29	(20)
Teams managed
1969	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik (Russian: Виктор Владимирович Понедельник) (born May 22, 1937 in Rostov-on-Don) is a former Soviet football player, regarded as one of the best strikers in Soviet football history.

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 for his country.

In later years, Ponedelnik worked as a coach, a sports journalist, an editor of a sports publication, 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.

Trivia

Victor's last name, Ponedelnik, means "Monday" in Russian.

External links

Soviet Union squad – 1960 European Nations' Cup Winners (1st Title)

GK Maslachenko • GK Yashin • DF Chokheli • DF Kesarev • DF Krutikov • DF Maslyonkin • DF Tsarev • MF Netto • MF Voynov • FW Apukhtin • FW Bubukin • FW Ivanov • FW Kaloyev • FW Kovalyov • FW Meskhi • FW Metreveli • FW Ponedelnik • Coach: Kachalin

Soviet Union squad – 1962 FIFA World Cup

1 Yashin 2 Maslachenko 3 Kotrikadze 4 Dubinski 5 Chokheli 6 Ostrovskiy 7 Maslyonkin 8 Shesternyov 9 Manoshin 10 Netto 11 Sabo 12 Voronin 13 Gusarov 14 Ivanov 15 Kanevski 16 Mamykin 17 Meskhi 18 Metreveli 19 Ponedelnik 20 Serebryanikov 21 Khusainov 22 Chislenko Coach: Kachalin

Soviet Union squad – 1964 European Nations' Cup Runners-up

GK Urushadze • 1 Yashin • DF Dubinski • DF Glotov • DF Krutikov • DF Mudrik • DF Shesternyov • DF Shustikov • MF Anichkin • MF Chislenko • MF Korneyev • MF Metreveli • MF Voronin • FW Gusarov • FW Ivanov • FW Khusainov • FW Korolenkov • FW Malofeyev • FW Ponedelnik • Coach: Beskov

UEFA Euro top scorers

1960: Galić / Heutte / Ivanov / Jerković / Metreveli / Ponedelnik 1964: Bene / Novák / Pereda 1968: Džajić 1972: G. Müller 1976: D. Müller 1980: Allofs 1984: Platini 1988: Van Basten 1992: Bergkamp / Brolin / Larsen / Riedle 1996: Shearer 2000: Kluivert / Milošević 2004: Baroš 2008: Villa

FC Rostov – managers

Tkachenko (1950) Schelchkov (1951–52) Scherbatenko (1953–55) Khodotov (1956) Duganov (1956–58) Grigoryev (1959) Treynis (1960–61) Mazanov (1962–63) Khakhonov (1963–65) Scherbatenko (1966–67) Ponedelnik (1968–69) Khakhonov (1969–78) Novik (1979–82) Polosin (1983–84) Sinau (1985–90) Yulgushov (1990–95) Andreyev (1995–2000) Balakhnin (2001) Baidachny (2001–02) Balakhnin (2002–03) Butenko (2003^c) Shevchenko (2004) Balakhnin (2004) Styopushkin (2005) Ashworth (2005^c) Petrakov (2005) Balakhnin (2005–07) Yakovenko (2007) Dolmatov (2007–09) Protasov (2010–11) Lyutyi (2011^c) Talalayev (2011^c) Balakhnin (2011–)

(c) caretaker

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Name	Ponedelnik, Viktor
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Date of birth	May 22, 1937
Place of birth	Rostov-on-Don, USSR
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