Viktor Onopko
 Honored by UEFA in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Viktor Savelyevich Onopko | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Luhansk, Ukraine) | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | CSKA Moscow (asst manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1988–1991 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 48 | (1) |
| 1992–1995 | Spartak Moscow | 108 | (23) |
| 1995–2002 | Real Oviedo | 217 | (8) |
| 2002–2003 | Rayo Vallecano | 28 | (1) |
| 2003-2004 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Saturn | 51 | (1) |
| Total | 459 | (33) | |
| 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), Soviet Union) is an association football coach and a former defender and holds the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team. Currently he works as an assistant manager for PFC CSKA Moscow.
Club career
Onopko's career as player started in 1988 and finished in 2005, 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 chose 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
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shakhtar | 1988 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 |
| 1990 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 24 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 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 | - | - | - | - | 19 | 1 |
| 1996–97 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 38 | 0 | |
| 1997–98 | 32 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 32 | 0 | |
| 1998–99 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 35 | 0 | |
| 1999-00 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 32 | 2 | |
| 2000–01 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 36 | 3 | |
| 2001–02 | 30 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 30 | 1 | |
| Rayo | 2002–03 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 29 | 1 |
| Alania | 2003 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 8 | 0 |
| Saturn | 2004 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 31 | 1 |
| 2005 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 27 | 0 | |
| Career | Total | 459 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 515 | 40 |
Honours
- Russian Premier League champion: 1992, 1993, 1994
- Russian Premier League bronze: 1995
- Soviet Cup winner: 1992
- Russian Cup winner: 1994
- Russian Cup finalist: 1996
- Footballer of the Year in Russia (Futbol): 1992, 1993
- Footballer of the Year in Russia (Sport-Express): 1993
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