This was announced by the official website of the Pitmen..

Zvyagintsev was born in Donetsk and was a graduate of Shakhtar. Between 1969 and 1980, he played eight seasons for the Donetsk club, making 175 appearances..

Together with the Pitmen, Viktor Aleksandrovich won the USSR Cup in 1980, and also took the silver medal of the Union Championship twice in 1975 and 1979..

After the end of his playing career, Zvyagintsev worked as a referee and refereeed more than 200 matches, and also led the Donetsk Football Federation.

The Donetsk club expressed deep condolences to the family and friends of its outstanding footballer. Earlier it was reported that the slen of the Ukrainian team in bullet shooting died in battles with Russian invaders.