Viktor Bannikov

Viktor Bannikov
Personal information
Full name Viktor Maksymovych Bannikov
Date of birth (1938-04-28)28 April 1938
Place of birth Luhyny, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Date of death 25 April 2001(2001-04-25) (aged 62)
Place of death Kyiv, Ukraine
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959 Avanhard Zhytomyr 22 (0)
1960 Avanhard Chernihiv 19 (0)
1960–1961 Desna Chernihiv 33 (0)
1961–1969 Dynamo Kyiv 151 (0)
1970–1973 Torpedo Moscow 107 (0)
Total 258 (0)
International career
1964–1972 USSR 14 (0)
Managerial career
1976 FC Zorya Luhansk (director)
1977–1978 Spartak Zhytomyr
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Viktor Maksymovych Bannikov (Ukrainian: Віктор Максимович Банніков, Russian: Ви́ктор Макси́мович Ба́нников; 28 April 1938 – 25 April 2001) was a Ukrainian football official and a Soviet player. He was considered one of the best goalkeepers in the Soviet Union earning the title of the best twice in 1964 and 1970. Bannikov had 138 clean sheets earning him a place in the symbolic Lev Yashin club. Distinguished Master of Sport of USSR (1991). He died on the 25 April 2001 and he has buried at the Baikove Cemetery in Baikova St, 6, Kyiv, Ukraine, where also Valeriy Lobanovskyi was buried.[2][3]

  1. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Viktor Bannikov". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  2. ^ "VICTOR BANNIKOV MEMORIAL: HIKE TO UKRAINIANS FOR THE SIXTH TITLE". en.uaf.ua. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. ^ "GOOD MEMORY OF DESCENDANTS". en.uaf.ua. Retrieved 12 December 2020.