Bohdan "Bugsy" Nyskohus OAM

Order of Australia

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(born 18 June 1950 in Woodside, South Australia

Woodside, South Australia

Woodside is a town in the Adelaide Hills region of South Australia. The town is between Balhannah and Lobethal, from the state capital, Adelaide. Amenities include a swimming pool, , second hand store, grocery store, tennis club, bowls club and playing fields. The Johnston family of Oakbank...

) is an Australia

Australia

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n former association football player of Ukrainian

Ukrainian Australian

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 descent. He is the old brother of fellow Socceroo John Nyskohus and USC Lion player Peter Nyskohus.

Club career

Nyskohus began his senior football career with Ukrainian Sports Club Lion in the South Australian State League.

He later played for and captained Adelaide City

Adelaide City

Adelaide City is a football club in Adelaide, South Australia. They are also known as The Zebras. They played in the National Soccer League for 27 Seasons but withdrew just prior to the 2003/2004 season. They now play in the South Australian Super League. City won the inaugural Super League...

 in the Australian National Soccer League

National Soccer League

The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...

 between 1977 and 1989.

Nyskohus played in all of the first 13 seasons of the NSL, becoming the first person to play 300 NSL games.

State representative career

Nyskohus holds the record for the most amount of appearances for the South Australia state team, playing 66 times.

International career

Nyskohus played three full international matches for , making his debut against in a friendly in Jakarta. He also played in two B-international matches for Australia against a touring Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

team.