Viktor Onopko

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Savelyevich and the family name is Onopko.
Viktor Onopko
Viktor Onopko 2011.jpg
Onopko honored by UEFA in 2011
Personal information
Full name Viktor Savelyevich Onopko
Date of birth (1969-10-14) 14 October 1969 (age 52)
Place of birth Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Luhansk, Ukraine)
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Rostov/Russia (assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986 Stakhanovets Stakhanov 4 (0)
1986–1988 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 (0)
1989 Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
1990–1991 Shakhtar Donetsk 45 (4)
1992–1995 Spartak Moscow 108 (23)
1995–2002 Real Oviedo 216 (7)
2002–2003 Rayo Vallecano 28 (1)
2003–2004 Alania Vladikavkaz 7 (0)
2004–2005 Saturn 51 (1)
Total 462 (33)
National team
1992 CIS 4 (0)
1992–2004 Russia 109 (7)
Teams managed
2009–2020 CSKA Moscow (assistant)
2021– Russia (assistant)
2022– Rostov (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (Russian: Виктор Савельевич Онопко; born 14 October 1969) is a Russian football coach and a former defender of Ukrainian origin. He is an assistant coach with FC Rostov and the Russia national football team.

He held the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team until 8 September 2015, when he was overtaken by Sergei Ignashevich.[1]

Club career[]

Born in Voroshilovgrad (now Luhansk), Soviet Union, Onopko's career as a player started in 1986 and finished in 2005; during this time he played for Shakhtar Donetsk, Spartak Moscow, Real Oviedo, Rayo Vallecano, Alania Vladikavkaz and FC Saturn.

International career[]

Although he was eligible to play for Ukraine, Onopko chose to play for Russia and amassed 109 caps (plus 4 for the CIS, including the ones in Euro 92), the first coming in 1992. He played in the 1994 and 2002 World Cups, as well as Euro 96. Onopko was in the preliminary squad for Euro 2004 but was dropped due to injury. With the national team, in 2003 he won the Cyprus friendly tournament[2]

In 2009, he was part of the Russia squad that won the 2009 Legends Cup.

Coaching career[]

He worked for 11 years as an assistant coach for PFC CSKA Moscow.

On 26 July 2021, he was hired as an assistant to Valeri Karpin in the Russia national football team.[3] On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian clubs and national teams from international competition until further notice due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4] For the duration of the ban, Karpin returned to manage FC Rostov (while also staying on as the national team coach), Onopko joined him at the club as an assistant.[5]

Personal life[]

Viktor has a younger brother, Serhiy, who also played as a professional footballer.

Career statistics[]

Club[]

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stakhanovets Stakhanov 1986 4 0 0 0 — 4 0
Shakhtar 1986 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
1987 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
1988 3 0 1 0 — 4 0
Total 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Dinamo Kyiv 1989 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Shakhtar 1990 21 0 3 1 — 24 1
1991 24 1 1 0 — 25 1
Total 45 1 4 1 0 0 49 2
Spartak 1992 23 6 2 1 7 1 32 8
1993 30 9 4 0 9 4 43 13
1994 26 2 3 0 5 0 34 2
1995 29 6 1 0 6 0 36 6
Total 108 23 10 1 27 5 145 29
Real Oviedo 1995–96 19 1 — — 19 1
1996–97 37 0 1 0 — 38 0
1997–98 31 0 — — 31 0
1998–99 33 0 2 0 — 35 0
1999-00 31 2 1 0 — 32 2
2000–01 35 3 1 0 — 36 3
2001–02 30 1 — — 30 1
Total 216 7 5 0 0 0 221 7
Rayo Vallecano 2002–03 28 1 1 0 — 29 1
Alania 2003 7 0 1 0 — 8 0
Saturn 2004 26 1 5 0 — 31 1
2005 25 0 2 0 — 27 0
Total 51 1 7 0 0 0 58 1
Career total 458 33 29 2 27 5 514 40

Honours[]

Club[]

Spartak Moscow

Individual[]

External links[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ ИГНАШЕВИЧ ПОБИЛ РЕКОРД ОНОПКО ПО ЧИСЛУ МАТЧЕЙ ЗА СБОРНУЮ РОССИИ (in Russian). Sport Express. 8 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Cyprus International Tournament 2003".
  3. ^ ""Наша философия и понимание основных принципов игры совпадают"" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA. 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ "ВИКТОР ОНОПКО ВОШЁЛ В ТРЕНЕРСКИЙ ШТАБ "РОСТОВА"" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Rostov. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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