Viktor Onopko

Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (Russian: Виктор Савельевич Онопко) (born 14 October 1969) is a Russian football coach and a former defender of Ukrainian origin. 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]

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Savelyevich and the family name is Onopko.
Viktor Onopko
Onopko honored by UEFA in 2011
Personal information
Full name Viktor Savelyevich Onopko
Date of birth (1969-10-14) 14 October 1969
Place of birth Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Luhansk, Ukraine)
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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.

Personal life

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

Career statistics

Club
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stakhanovets Stakhanov 1986 4000—40
Shakhtar 1986 0000—00
1987 0000—00
1988 3010—40
Total 30100040
Dinamo Kyiv 1989 0000—00
Shakhtar 1990 21031—241
1991 24110—251
Total 4514100492
Spartak 1992 2362171328
1993 30940944313
1994 2623050342
1995 2961060366
Total 1082310127514529
Real Oviedo 1995–96 191——191
1996–97 37010—380
1997–98 310——310
1998–99 33020—350
1999-00 31210—322
2000–01 35310—363
2001–02 301——301
Total 216750002217
Rayo Vallecano 2002–03 28110—291
Alania 2003 7010—80
Saturn 2004 26150—311
2005 25020—270
Total 5117000581
Career total 4583329227551440

Honours

Club

Spartak Moscow

Individual

References
  1. ИГНАШЕВИЧ ПОБИЛ РЕКОРД ОНОПКО ПО ЧИСЛУ МАТЧЕЙ ЗА СБОРНУЮ РОССИИ (in Russian). Sport Express. 8 September 2015.
  2. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/cypr-intltourn03.html
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