Vladimir Aleksandrovich Astapovsky (born July 16, 1956 in
BryanskBryansk is a city in Russia, located 379 km southwest from Moscow. It is the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast. Population: 431,526 .-History:...
) is a retired
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football player.
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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Astapovsky (born July 16, 1956 in
BryanskBryansk is a city in Russia, located 379 km southwest from Moscow. It is the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast. Population: 431,526 .-History:...
) is a retired
SovietThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the , tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated СССР, SSSR. The common short name is Soviet Union, from , Sovetskiy Soyuz...
football player.
Honours
- Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League was the top division of Soviet Union football.-Champions and top goalscorers:-Performance by club:-Performance by republic:Republics never represented at top-level were the Turkmen SSR and the Kyrgyz SSR-All-time table:...
winner: 1970.
- Olympic bronze
Final results for the Football competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, and Sherbrooke. Groups A, C and D had only three teams instead of four, as Nigeria, Ghana and Zambia national teams adhered to African-led boycott of the Games against the participation of...
: 1976.
- Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year: 1976.
- Soviet Footballer of the Year
The award Soviet Footballer of the Year had been awarded to the best footballer of the former Soviet Union from 1964 until 1991. The poll was conducted by the weekly sport newspaper Football .-List of Winners:-Most Wins by Club:...
: 1976.
International career
Astapovsky made his debut for
USSRThe Soviet Union national football team was the national football team of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist on the break up of the Union...
on November 29, 1975 in a friendly against
RomaniaThe Romania national football team is the national football team of Romania and is controlled by the Romanian Football Federation.Romania is one of only four national teams, the other three being Brazil, France, and Belgium, that took part in the first three World Cups.However, after that...
. He played in the qualifiers for the
1978 FIFA World CupThe 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Argentina between 1 June and 25 June. Argentina was chosen as hosts by FIFA in July 1966. The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3-1 after extra time in the final...
(USSR did not qualify).