Oleh Taran

Personal information
Oleh Taran
Full name	Oleh Anatolyevich Taran
Date of birth	January 11, 1960 (1960-01-11) (age 48)
Place of birth	Ordjonikidze, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Youth clubs
1969–1973 1973–1977	Ordjonikidze soccer school Kyiv sport school
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1977–1980 1980 1981–1982 1982 1983–1988 1989 1990 1990 1990–1991 1991–1992 1992 1992–1993 1992–1993 1992–1994 1994–1995 1998	Dynamo Kyiv Chornomorets Odessa SKA Odessa CSKA Moscow Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Metalurh Zaporizhia WAC Casablanca Metalurh Zaporizhia Tzafririm Holon Metalurh Zaporizhia Markaryds IF Metalurh Zaporizhia Energia Nova Kakhovka TSV Ettlingen Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dustlik Tashkent	6 (0) 15 (0) 43 (20) 21 (3) 134 (45) 40 (16) ? (?) 15 (4) ? (?) 27 (4) ? (?) 1 (0) ? (1) ? (?) 7 (1) ? (?)
Teams managed
1997–2000 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003 2007–	FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Metalurh Zaporizhia SFC Opava Slovan Bratislava FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Oleh Anatolyevich Taran (Ukrainian: Олег Анатолійович Таран) (born January 11, 1960 in Ordjonikidze, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Ukraine, then Soviet Union) is a former Ukrainian football (soccer) player, now coach. He was a prolific forward with a quick dribling and a powerful shot. In 1983 he was named the Ukrainian Footballer of the Year. He is currently the head coach of FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.

[edit] Honours

Soviet Top League (all with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
- Champion (2): 1983, 1988
- Runner-up, silver (1): 1987
- Runner-up, bronze (2): 1984, 1985
Moroccan League (with WAC Casablanca)
- Champion: 1990