Viktor Onopko

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Viktor Onopko
Personal information
Full name	Viktor Savelyevich Onopko
Date of birth	October 14, 1969 (1969-10-14) (age 38)
Place of birth	Voroshilovgrad, USSR (now Luhansk, Ukraine)
Playing position	Defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1992 1992-1995 1995-2002 2002-2003 2003 2004-2005	Stakhanovets Stakhanov Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Spartak Moscow Real Oviedo Rayo Vallecano Alania Vladikavkaz FC Saturn	216 (7)
National team
1992 1992-2004	CIS Russia	4 (0) 109 (7)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (Russian: Виктор Савельевич Онопко) (born October 14, 1969 in Voroshilovgrad (currently Luhansk), Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian football defender, the all-time cap leader for the Russian national team.

In his club career that started in 1988, Onopko played for Shakhtar Donetsk, Spartak Moscow, Real Oviedo, Rayo Vallecano, and Alania Vladikavkaz. He most recently played for FC Saturn, from 2004 to 2006.

Although he was eligible to play for Ukraine, Onopko elected to play for Russia and has amassed 109 caps (plus four for the CIS), the first coming in 1992. He played in the 1994 and 2002 World Cups, as well as Euro 96. Onopko was on the preliminary squad for Euro 2004 but was dropped due to injury. Onopko was named Russian footballer of the year in 1993 and 1994.

[edit] External links

• Viktor Onopko on RSSSF-site
• Onopko on Legioner-site (career, statistic, goals)

v • d • e CIS squad - UEFA Euro 1992 1 Kharine • 2 Chernyshov • 3 Tskhadadze • 4 Tsveiba • 5 O. Kuznetsov • 6 Shalimov • 7 Mikhailichenko • 8 Kanchelskis • 9 Aleinikov • 10 Dobrovolski • 11 Yuran • 12 Cherchesov • 13 Kiriakov • 14 Liuty • 15 Kolyvanov • 16 D. Kuznetsov • 17 Korneev • 18 Onopko • 19 Lediakhov • 20 Ivanov • Coach: Byshovets

v • d • e Russia squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Cherchesov • 2 Kuznetsov • 3 Gorlukovich • 4 Galiamin • 5 Nikiforov • 6 Ternavski • 7 Piatnitski • 8 Popov • 9 Salenko • 10 Karpin • 11 Beschastnykh • 12 Tetradze • 13 Borodyuk • 14 Korneev • 15 Radchenko • 16 Kharine • 17 Tsymbalar • 18 Onopko • 19 Mostovoi • 20 Lediakhov • 21 Khlestov • 22 Yuran • Coach: Sadyrin

v • d • e Russia squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Nigmatullin • 2 Kovtun • 3 Nikiforov • 4 Smertin • 5 Solomatin • 6 Semshov • 7 Onopko • 8 Karpin • 9 Titov • 10 Mostovoi • 11 Beschastnykh • 12 Cherchesov • 13 Dayev • 14 Chugainov • 15 Alenichev • 16 Kerzhakov • 17 Semak • 18 Sennikov • 19 Pimenov • 20 Izmailov • 21 Khokhlov • 22 Sychev • 23 Filimonov • Coach: Romantsev