Aleksandr Ponomarev

Oleksandr Ponomariov
Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Semenovych Ponomariov
Date of birth	23 April 1918
Place of birth	Horlivka, Ukrainian People's Republic
Date of death	7 June 1973 (aged 55)
Place of death	Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1933	Dynamo Horlivka
Senior career*
Years	Team
1936	Ugolshchiki Stalino
1936–1940	Traktor Stalingrad
1941	Profsoyuzy-1 Moscow
1945–1950	Torpedo Moscow
1951–1952	Shakhtyor Stalino
Total
Managerial career
1953–1956	Shakhtyor Stalino
1957–1958	Soviet Union (Youth team)
1960–1961	Avangard Kharkov
1962–1965	Dynamo Moscow
1966–1968	Upon Pallo
1969–1970	Ararat Yerevan
1971	Soviet Union (Olympic team)
1972	Soviet Union
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Soviet Union (as manager)
UEFA European Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksandr Ponomariov (Russian: Александр Семёнович Пономарёв; Ukrainian: Олександр Семенович Пономарьов; 23 April 1918 – 7 June 1973) was a Soviet football player and manager.

Career

Ponomarev was born in Horlivka near Donetsk, Ukrainian People's Republic. As a player, in the course of his career, he won the Soviet Cup in 1949 with Torpedo Moscow, and scored 152 goals in the Soviet Top League. He was the top scorer of the league in 1946. He spent the last two seasons of his playing career in Shakhter Stalino where he captained the team to the third place in the Soviet Top League in 1951, their highest league finish thus far.

In 1953 he started his manager career in Shakhter Stalino. He helped the club win the Soviet First League in 1954 (earning them promotion back to the top league).

In 1960–1961 he managed Avangard Kharkov, under him the club finished 6th in the Soviet Top League in 1961, their highest league finish thus far.

In 1962 he was made the manager of Dynamo Moscow, which finished 11th in the previous season, and which he led to a victory in the Soviet Top League in 1963.

He was the head coach of the Soviet Union national team in 1972, leading the team to second place in UEFA Euro 1972, and to a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympic Games.

He died at age 55 in Moscow.