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 Voroshylovhrad, Soviet Union (now Luhansk, Ukraine)
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team 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)
International career
1992 CIS 4 (0)
1992–2004 Russia 109 (7)
Managerial career
2009–2020 CSKA Moscow (assistant)
2021– Russia (assistant)
2022– Rostov (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (Russian: Виктор Савельевич Онопко; born 14 October 1969) is a Russian football coach and a former footballer. He is the assistant manager of both FC Rostov in the Russian Premier League, as well as the Russia national team.

As a footballer, he played as a defender, and held the record for most international appearances for the Russia national team until 2015.[1]

Club career

Onopko's career as a player started in 1986. During this time he played for Shakhtar Donetsk, Spartak Moscow, Real Oviedo, Rayo Vallecano, Alania Vladikavkaz and Saturn Ramenskoye. He retired as a player in 2005.

International career

Eligible to play for both the Ukrainian and Russian national teams, Onopko chose the latter (unlike his brother Sergey, who opted to play for Ukraine). He amassed 109 caps (plus 4 for the CIS, including in the 1992 Euros). He played in the 1994 and 2002 world cups, as well as 1996 Euros. 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]

After retiring, in 2009, he was part of the Russia squad that won the 2009 Legends Cup.

Coaching career

Onopko worked for 11 years as an assistant coach for CSKA Moscow.

On 26 July 2021, he was hired as an assistant to Valeri Karpin in the Russia national team.[3]

In February 2022, after FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian clubs and the national teams from international competitions amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Karpin returned as manager to FC Rostov and hired Onopko as his assistant there as well.[4][5]

Personal life

Onopoko was born in Voroshilovgrad (now called Lugansk) in the Soviet Union. Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, he acquired both Ukrainian and Russian citizenships.

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

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stakhanovets Stakhanov 1986 400040
Shakhtar Donetsk 1986 000000
1987 000000
1988 301040
Total 30100040
Dinamo Kyiv 1989 000000
Shakhtar Donetsk 1990 21031241
1991 24110251
Total 4514100492
Spartak Moscow 1992 2362171328
1993 30940944313
1994 2623050342
1995 2961060366
Total 1082310127514529
Real Oviedo 1995–96 191191
1996–97 37010380
1997–98 310310
1998–99 33020350
1999-00 31210322
2000–01 35310363
2001–02 301301
Total 216750002217
Rayo Vallecano 2002–03 28110291
Alania Vladikavkaz 2003 701080
Saturn Ramenskoye 2004 26150311
2005 25020270
Total 5117000581
Career total 4583329227551440

Honours

Spartak Moscow

Individual

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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