Anatoliy Kuksov

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
	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

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

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

Honours

• Soviet Top League: 1972
• Summer Olympics: 1972; olympic bronze