Konstantin Yeryomenko

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Konstantin Yeryomenko

Personal information
Full name	Konstantin Viktorovich Yeryomenko
Date of birth	(1970-08-05)5 August 1970
Place of birth	Dnipropetrovsk, USSR
Date of death	18 March 2010(2010-03-18) (aged 39)
Place of death	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Pivot
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1	(0)
1989	Selenga Ulan-Ude	2	(0)
1990	Traktor Pavlodar	18	(3)
1990	Alga Bishkek	8	(1)
1990	Mehanizator Dnipropetrovsk (futsal)	10	(14)
1991–2001	Dina Moscow (futsal)	235	(533)
National team
1992–2001	Russia (futsal)	66	(122)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Konstantin Viktorovich Yeryomenko, often transliterated as Eremenko (Russian: Константин Викторович Ерёменко; 5 August 1970 – 18 March 2010) was a Russian futsal player who was named the greatest futsal player of the 20th century.^[1]

Career[]

Konstantin Yeryomenko was a football player in his youth, but turned to futsal in 1990. He played for Dina Moscow for 10 years, during which time he also became the top scorer for the Russian national team. The Russian team went on to win the 1999 UEFA Futsal Championship and Yeryomenko scored the winning penalty in a shoot-out against the hosts Spain. He was the most famous futsal player in Russia and recognized throughout the futsal community as one of the game's true superstars.^[2]

After finishing his career in 2001, Yeryomenko went on to become president of Dinamo Moscow in 2002, and in 2003 he was elected the first president of the Russian Futsal Super League.

In 2004 Konstantin Yeryomenko became a member of the Federation Council.

Death[]

Konstantin Yeryomenko died from a heart attack while playing in a kickabout match. Despite having a history of heart problems, which were instrumental in his decision to retire from futsal and also necessitated surgery at the height of his playing career, he chose to defy doctors' orders and continued to play. He is buried in Moscow's Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.

Honours[]

National Team[]

• FIFA Futsal World Championship third place: 1996
• UEFA Futsal Championship winner: 1999
• UEFA Futsal Championship runner-up: 1996
• UEFA Futsal Championship third place: 2001

Club[]

• CIS Futsal League: 1992
• Russian Futsal Super League (8): 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/2000
• USSR Futsal Cup: 1990
• (7): 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
• Futsal European Clubs Championship (3): 1995, 1997, 1999
• Intercontinental Futsal Cup: 1997
• Legends Cup: 2009

Individual[]

• Best Russian player (7): 1992—1998
• 1132 goals scored in official games
• Dina Moscow top scorer (972)
• Russia national team top scorer (122)
• Russian Futsal Super League top scorer (533)
• top scorer (210)
• Russian Top League Cup top scorer (46)
• Futsal European Clubs Championship and Intercontinental Futsal Cup top scorer (61)
• Scored 91 goals in 32 league games (1994)^[3]
• FIFA FUTSAL WORLD CUP: Silver Shoe: 1992
• UEFA FUTSAL EURO:Golden Shoe:1996,1999
• UEFA FUTSAL EURO:Best Player:1999

References[]

External links[]

• MFK Dinamo-Yamal squad (in Russian)
• Konstantin Yeryomenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)