Viktor Zvyahintsev

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Oleksandrovych and the family name is Zvyahintsev.

Viktor Oleksandrovych Zvyahintsev (Ukrainian: Віктор Олександрович Звягінцев, Russian: Виктор Александрович Звягинцев; 22 October 1950 – 22 April 2022)^[2] was a Ukrainian footballer who played as a defender. He was a member of the football congress of the unrecognised Donetsk People's Republic.^[3][4]

Viktor Zvyahintsev

Zvyahintsev in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Viktor Oleksandrovych Zvyahintsev
Date of birth	(1950-10-22)22 October 1950
Place of birth	Stalino, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	22 April 2022(2022-04-22) (aged 71)
Place of death	Donetsk, Ukraine (Russian-occupied Ukraine)
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1970	Shakhtar Donetsk	12	(0)
1971	SKA Kyiv	42	(0)
1972	CSKA Moscow	26	(0)
1973–1975	Shakhtar Donetsk	72	(0)
1976	Dynamo Kyiv	5	(0)
1977–1980	Shakhtar Donetsk	63	(0)
1981	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	0	(0)
1981	Tavriya Simferopol	33	(0)
International career
1975–1976	USSR	13	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olympic medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Football
	1976 Montreal	Team competition
UEFA European U-23 Championships[1]
Runner-up	1972 Europe

International career

Zvyahintsev made his debut for USSR on 12 October 1975 in a UEFA Euro 1976 qualifier against Switzerland (USSR did not qualify for the final tournament).

Personal life

His son-in-law is a football player and coach Viktor Onopko.^[5][6]

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Soviet Cup: 1980

USSR

• Olympic bronze: 1976