Viktor Nosov (footballer)

Viktor Nosov

Personal information
Full name	Viktor Vasylyovych Nosov
Date of birth	(1940-07-19)19 July 1940
Place of birth	Stalino, Ukrainian SSR
Date of death	April 17, 2008(2008-04-17) (aged 67)
Place of death	Donetsk, Ukraine
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	FC Shakhtar Stalino
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1960	FC Shakhtar Stalino	13	(0)
1960	FC CSKA Moscow	0	(0)
1961–1962	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	28	(0)
1963–1964	FC Shakhtar Stalino	40	(0)
1965	FC Avanhard Kharkiv	36	(4)
1966	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	7	(0)
1967–1972	FC Budivelnyk Poltava	?	(?)
Managerial career
1972–1973	FC Shakhtar Makiivka (ass't)
1973–1974	FC Kolos Poltava
1975–1976	FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (ass't)
1977–1978	FC Shakhtar Donetsk (ass't)
1979–1985	FC Shakhtar Donetsk
1986	Victory Sports Club
1989	FC Pakhtakor Tashkent
1990	FC Zorya Luhansk
1991	FC Dynamo Stavropol
1991–1992	FC Veres Rivne
1992	FC Temp Shepetivka (consultant)
1994–1996	FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk
2003–2004	FC Vorskla-2 Poltava
2005–2007	FC Vorskla Poltava
2007	FC Vorskla Poltava (consultant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Viktor Nosov (Ukrainian: Віктор Васильович Носов; 19 July 1940 – 17 April 2008) was a Ukrainian footballer and coach. He is recognized as a Master of Sports of the Soviet Union and Merited Coach of Ukraine. While being led by Nosov, in 1979-1985 Shakhtar Donetsk won two Soviet Cups and became a runner-up of the Soviet Top League.

Nosov started out his playing career in 1958 in FC Shakhtar Donetsk. With Shakhtar and SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Nosov played some 88 games at the Soviet Top League.

He retired in 1972 with FC Budivelnyk Poltava. The same year he became a coach for FC Shakhtar Makiivka. Sometimes at the end of 1980s he coached Victory Sports Club from Maldives. With the fall of the Soviet Union, Nosov stayed in Ukraine and continued to coach Ukrainian teams.

In the beginning of April 2008 Nosov was hospitalized with abdominal angina at the Husak Institute of Urgent and Reconstructive Surgery in Donetsk. However soon after his surgery, he died.

External links

• Orel, T. In his 50s the illustrious coach of Donetsk "Shakhtar" Victor Nosov had gone nowhere. He lived in the basement, selling light bulbs, laces and shoe creams. Up to his own death his son called him with threats: "All the same, I'll kill you!". "Bulvar Gordona". 25 July 2008.
• Viktor Nosov on footballfacts.ru