Yozhef Sabo

Yozhef Yozhefovich Sabo (Ukrainian: Йожеф Йожефович Сабо; Hungarian: József Szabó) (born February 29, 1940 in Ungvár, Hungary) is a former Soviet football player of Hungarian ethnicity^[1][2]

Playing career

Club

Szabó made his name as a player at Dynamo Kyiv, appearing at the club from 1959 to 1969. A four-time USSR domestic champion, Szabó appeared in 315 games in the competition, scoring 49 goals.

International

Aside from being named one of the 33 best players in the USSR for five years, Szabó was capped 40 times for the USSR national side, while scoring 8 goals.

Coaching career

However, Szabó became most famous for his coaching, coaching various sides in the late 70s (such as Zorya Luhansk in 1977 and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in 1978-1979), he has coached Dynamo Kyiv numerous times (from 1993-1997 and 2004-2005, with breaks in between). He is also arguably the second-most successful coach of the Ukrainian national team, compiling 16 wins and 12 draws in 34 matches as coach of the side in 1994 and 1996-1999. On September 20, 2007 he was appointed as Dynamo Kyiv's manager after Anatoliy Demyanenko resigned. However, Szabó resigned in early November that year due to personal health problems.

Awards and Achievements

Olympic medal record
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
Men’s Football
Bronze	1972 Munich	Team competition

Player

• USSR Championship: 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968
• USSR Cup: 1964, 1966
• Participant of World Cup 1966
• In the list of the 33 best players — 5 times (twice №1)

Coach

• Ukrainian Championship: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
• Ukrainian Cup: 1996, 2005.

References

• (Russian) RussiaTeam biography

v • d • e USSR 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

v • d • e USSR squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Yashin • 2 Serebryanikov • 3 Ostrovskiy • 4 Ponomaryov • 5 Afonin • 6 Shesternyov • 7 Khurtsilava • 8 Sabo • 9 Getmanov • 10 Danilov • 11 Chislenko • 12 Voronin • 13 Korneyev • 14 Sichinava • 15 Khusainov • 16 Metreveli • 17 Porkujan • 18 Banishevskiy • 19 Malofeyev • 20 Markarov • 21 Kavazashvili • 22 Bannikov • Coach: Morozov