Viktor Onopko

Viktor Onopko

Honored by UEFA in 2011
Personal information
Full name Viktor Savelyevich Onopko
Date of birth 14 October 1969 (1969-10-14) (age 42)
Place of birth Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR
(now Luhansk, Ukraine)
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club CSKA Moscow (asst manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1986 Stakhanovets Stakhanov 4 (2)
1988–1989 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 (0)
1989–1990 Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
1990–1992 Shakhtar Donetsk 45 (1)
1992–1995 Spartak Moscow 108 (23)
1995–2002 Real Oviedo 216 (8)
2002–2003 Rayo Vallecano 28 (1)
2003 Alania Vladikavkaz 7 (0)
2004–2005 Saturn 51 (1)
National team
1992 CIS 4 (0)
1992–2004 Russia 109 (7)
Teams managed
2009– CSKA Moscow (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (Russian: Виктор Савельевич Онопко) (born 14 October 1969, in Voroshilovgrad (now Luhansk), Ukrainian SSR) is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team. As of October 2009, he works as an assistant manager for PFC CSKA Moscow.

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Club career

Onopko's career as player started in 1988 and finished in 2006, 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 elected to play for Russia and 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 in the preliminary squad for Euro 2004 but was dropped due to injury.

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

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Shakhtar 1988 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
1990 21 0 3 1 0 0 24 1
1991 24 1 1 0 0 0 25 1
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
Real Oviedo 1995–96 19 1 0 0 0 0 19 1
1996–97 37 0 1 0 0 0 38 0
1997–98 31+1 0 0 0 0 0 31+1 0
1998–99 33 0 2 0 0 0 35 0
1999-00 31 2 1 0 0 0 32 2
2000–01 35 3 1 0 0 0 36 3
2001–02 30 1 0 0 0 0 30 1
Rayo 2002–03 28 1 0 0 0 0 28 1
Alania 2003 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
Saturn 2004 26 1 5 0 0 0 31 1
2005 25 0 2 0 0 0 27 0
Career Total 458+1 33 28 2 27 5 513+1 40

Honours

External links
CIS squad – UEFA Euro 1992
Russia squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup
Russia squad – UEFA Euro 1996
Russia squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup