Viktor Goncharenko

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Mihailavich and the family name is Hancharenka.
Viktar Hancharenka
Personal information
Full nameViktar Mihailavich Hancharenka
Date of birth10 June 1977
Place of birthKhoiniki, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing positionDefender
Club information
Current team
Unattached
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1994–1995Strelichevo Khoiniki5(1)
1995–1997RUOR Minsk49(3)
1998–2002BATE Borisov82(1)
2000→ RShVSM-Olympia Minsk2(0)
National team
1998–1999Belarus U219(1)
Teams managed
2004–2006BATE Borisov (reserves)
2007BATE Borisov (assistant)
2007–2013BATE Borisov
2013–2014Kuban Krasnodar
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Viktar Mihailavich Hancharenka, (Belarusian: Віктар Міхайлавіч Ганчарэнка; born 10 June 1977), is a Belarusian football manager who last managed Kuban Krasnodar in the Russian Premier League. He is the youngest ever manager to lead a team in the final group stage of the UEFA Champions League.[1] He set this record on September 17, 2008, in a match against Real Madrid, at the age of 31.

Early life and career

Formative years and education

Viktar Mihailavich Hancharenka was born in 1977 to a middle-class family in Khoiniki, Belarus. He is the son of Mikhail Hancharenka, a Belarusian engineer who died in 1993 in the wake of the infamous Chernobyl disaster and who was a big football fan. His mother was the manager of a small shop in Belarus. Viktor joined a football school at the young age of 9 years old where his parents encouraged him to do his best to be as successful as possible.

Football was a major part of his life and his father was very impressed with his knowledge of the sport. In 1995, after his father's death, Viktor became a student at the Republic College of Olympic Reserve in Minsk, Belarus. In the RUOR, Viktor got most of his footballing knowledge. He also met other famous Belarusian footballers Alexander Hleb, Vitali Kutuzov and Yuri Zhevnov.

In 1998, Viktor joined BATE Borisov.

Playing career

Hancharenka's playing career began in 1995, when he made his debut as a defender aged 18. While playing for BATE Borisov Viktar became a champion of Belarusian Premier League in 1999, 2002, silver prize winner in 1998, 2000 and bronze prize winner in 2001. At the age of 25 Hancharenka was forced to retire through injury.

Coaching career

Before he became head manager of FC BATE, Hancharenka was assistant manager at FC BATE under coaches Yuri Puntus and Igor Kriushenko. In 2007 Viktar become a head coach of BATE and won the national championship (2008, 2009, 2010). Under Hancharenka's leadership, BATE in 2008 became the first club from Belarus to qualify for the lucrative group stages of the UEFA Champions League and in 2009-2010 of the UEFA Europa League.

In 2011 Hancharenka and his BATE defeated AZ 4–1 in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League and lead the team in 1/16 stage of UEFA Europa League Cup.

In August 2011 Hancharenka led his club into the group stage of the Champions League again.

On 12 October 2013, Hancharenka was appointed as manager of Russian Premier League side Kuban Krasnodar.[2]

Statistics

As of 18 December 2013
Nat Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Belarus BATE Borisov November 13, 2007 October 12, 2013 276161655058.33
Russia Kuban Krasnodar October 12, 2013 Present 1244433.33
Total 288 165 69 54 57.30

Honours

Managerial

In three seasons of club management, Hancharenka has led his club to win its domestic league.

 Belarus BATE Borisov (2008–2011)

Individual

Personal life

Hancharenka has a son and a wife Margarita.

References

  1. ↑ http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/feature?id=569175&sec=uefachampionsleague&&cc=5739
  2. ↑ belaruspartisan.org editorial board (28 October 2013). "Віктар Ганчарэнка атрымаў першую перамогу на чале «Кубані»" (in Belarusian). belaruspartisan.org. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

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