Viktor Nosov (footballer)

Viktor Nosov (19 July 1940 – 17 April 2008) was a Ukrainian footballer and coach. He is recognized as a Master of Sports of the Soviet Union and Merited Coach of Ukraine. While being led by Nosov, in 1979-1985 Shakhtar Donetsk won two Soviet Cups and became a runner-up of the Soviet Top League.

Nosov started out his playing career in 1958 in FC Shakhtar Donetsk. With Shakhtar and SKA Rostov-na-Donu, Nosov played some 88 games at the Soviet Top League.

He retired in 1972 with FC Budivelnyk Poltava. The same year he became a coach for FC Shakhtar Makiivka. Sometimes at the end of 1980s he coached Victory Sports Club from Maldives. With the fall of the Soviet Union, Nosov stayed in Ukraine and continued to coach Ukrainian teams.

In the beginning of April 2008 Nosov was hospitalized with abdominal angina at the Husak Institute of Urgent and Reconstructive Surgery in Donetsk. However soon after his surgery, he died.