Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kazachyonok (Russian: Владимир Александрович Казачёнок; 6 September 1952 – 26 March 2017) was a Soviet football player and Russian coach. He was the academy director with Zenit St. Petersburg until his death in 2017.

Vladimir Kazachyonok
Personal information
Full name Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kazachyonok
Date of birth (1952-09-06)6 September 1952
Place of birth Kolpino, Russian SFSR
Date of death 26 March 2017(2017-03-26) (aged 64)
Place of death Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Izhorets Kolpino
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1975 Zenit Leningrad 46 (7)
1976–1978 Dynamo Moscow 64 (12)
1979–1983 Zenit Leningrad 144 (58)
International career
1976–1979 USSR 2 (0)
Managerial career
1988–1989 Dynamo Leningrad
1992–1999 Zenit St. Petersburg (academy)
2001–2002 Svetogorets Svetogorsk
2003 Zenit St. Petersburg (academy)
2003 Dynamo St. Petersburg
2004 Zenit St. Petersburg (academy)
2004–2005 Petrotrest St. Petersburg
2006–2007 Khimki
2009 Smena-Zenit St. Petersburg
2010–2011 Sillamäe Kalev
2013 Sillamäe Kalev (sporting director)
2014–2017 Zenit St. Petersburg (academy director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

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Kazachyonok made his debut for USSR on 1 December 1976 in a friendly against Brazil. He also played in a UEFA Euro 1980 qualifier against Finland.

Death

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On 26 March 2017, it was reported that Kazachyonok died in Saint Petersburg at the age of 64.[1]

Honours

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