Career
Buryak played for a number of teams in the Soviet Union, most notably for Dynamo Kyiv, of which he was also the sporting manager. As a player he had a tremendous impact on his team, similar to what Pavel Nedvěd or Zinedine Zidane had on theirs. Buryak has coached the Ukrainian national football team
In 1979 Buryak played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.