Viktor Ponedelnik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Viktor Ponedelnik

Russian footballer

Date of Birth: 22-May-1937

Place of Birth: Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia

Profession: association football manager, association football player, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Viktor Vladimirovich Ponedelnik (Russian: ?????? ???????????? ???????????, born 22 May 1937 in Rostov-on-Don) is a Russian former footballer and former manager, who played for the Soviet Union national team. Ponedelnik first started playing for a local team, Rostselmash, in 1956.
In 1958, he switched to SKA Rostov-on-Don and was invited to join the Soviet national team.
In the 1960 European Championship, the only major Championship ever won by the Soviet Union, Ponedelnik headed home the winning goal in extra time in the final game against Yugoslavia.
Ponedelnik retired in 1966 after gaining weight and undergoing surgery for appendicitis.
He scored 20 (according to some accounts, 21) goals in 29 games for his country. In later years, Ponedelnik worked as a coach, a sports journalist, an editor of a sports publication, and an advisor to the President of the Russian Federation.
He has received numerous awards for his contribution to Soviet and Russian sport.
He is married and has three children and four grandchildren. In Rostov-on-Don at the stadium, Olimp-2 28 August 2015 a monument depicting a young Ponedelnik with the cup in his hands.