Oleg Veretennikov

Oleg Veretennikov

Personal information
Full name	Oleg Aleksandrovich Veretennikov
Date of birth	January 5, 1970 (1970-01-05) (age 41)
Place of birth	Revda, Soviet Union
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Rotor Volgograd (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1986–1987	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	10	(1)
1988	FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil	0	(0)
1988	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	29	(2)
1989	FC Metallurg Verkhnyaya Pyshma	7	(0)
1989	FC Chayka-CSKA Moscow	8	(0)
1989–1990	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	57	(27)
1991–1992	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	42	(14)
1992–1999	SC Rotor Volgograd	247	(141)
2000	Aris Thessaloniki F.C.	7	(1)
2000–2001	Lierse S.K.	18	(3)
2001–2002	FC Sokol Saratov	27	(2)
2002	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	10	(2)
2003	FC Lisma-Mordovia Saransk	40	(18)
2004	FC Uralan Elista	19	(2)
2004	FC Astana	14	(4)
2005–2007	SC Rotor Volgograd	66	(29)
2007	FC Irtysh Pavlodar	13	(2)
2008	FC Astana	30	(7)
2009	FC Volgograd	33	(7)
National team
1996	Russia	4	(0)
Teams managed
2010–	FC Rotor Volgograd (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:11, November 10, 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Oleg Veretennikov (Russian: Олег Александрович Веретенников) (born January 5, 1970 in Revda, Sverdlovsk Oblast) is a professional association football coach and a former international footballer. He is the top goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records. Currently, he is an assistant manager with FC Rotor Volgograd.^[1]

Most of Veretennikov's successes have come with SC Rotor Volgograd, for whom he played in 1992–1999. During that time he scored 143 goals, which makes him the best goalscorer in the Russian Premier League history (the next best goalscorer, Dmitry Loskov, has 109 goals as of January 1, 2007). He has also become the season's top goalscorer three times (in 1995, 1997, and 1998), which is also an unbeaten record. Veretennikov also holds a record for the most goals scored in one season (25 in 1995). He is also on of the only two players (along with Victor Panchenko) to score five goals in a league match (on April 4, 1998 against Shinnik).

Despite impressive goalsoring record, Oleg Veretennikov played only four unimportant matches for the national team.

In 2000–2001 Veretennikov had two short spells with foreign clubs, and then played in several First Division teams. In 2005 he returned to Rotor, playing in the Second Division. In 2009 he played in FC Volgograd. In the end of 2009 Veretennikov retired from playing and became a coach.

His son Pavel Veretennikov is a professional footballer now.

Honours

• 1993 – Russian Premier League, runner-up
• 1995 – Russian Premier League, top scorer (25 goals)
• 1996 – Russian Premier League, 3rd position
• 1997 – Russian Premier League, runner-up
• 1997 – Russian Premier League, top scorer (22 goals)
• 1998 – Russian Premier League, top scorer (22 goals)
• 1993 – best attacking midfielder according to Sport-Express
• 1995 – best attacking midfielder according to Sport-Express
• 1997 – best attacking midfielder according to Sport-Express
• 1998 – best central midfielder according to Sport-Express
• 2005 – best player and best midfielder in the South Zone of Second Division according to Professional Football League.^[2]
• 2009 – best player and best midfielder of Russian Second Division, Zone South^[3]

Playing career

1986	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	Second League	3rd level	11/2
1987	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	Second League	3rd level	09/1
1988	FC Uralets Nizhny Tagil	Second League	3rd level	00/0
	Uralmash Sverdlovsk	Second League	3rd level	26/2
1989	Metallurg Sverdlovsk	Second League	3rd level	07/0
	FC Chayka-CSKA Moscow	Second League	3rd level	08/0
	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	First League	2nd level	16/1
1990	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	Second League	3rd level	41/26
1991	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	First League	2nd level	42/14
1992	FC Uralmash Yekaterinburg	Top League	1st level	00/0
	SC Rotor Volgograd	Top League	1st level	28/10
1993	SC Rotor Volgograd	Top League	1st level	33/19
	SC Rotor-2 Volgograd	Second League	3rd level	01/0
1994	SC Rotor Volgograd	Top League	1st level	30/12
1995	SC Rotor Volgograd	Top League	1st level	29/25
1996	SC Rotor Volgograd	Top League	1st level	33/19
1997	SC Rotor Volgograd	Top League	1st level	34/22
1998	SC Rotor Volgograd	Top League	1st level	30/22
1999	SC Rotor Volgograd	Top League	1st level	29/12
	SC Rotor-2 Volgograd	Second Division	3rd level	03/1
1999-00	Aris	Super League	1st level	07/0
2000–01	Lierse S.K.	First Division	1st level	18/3
2001	FC Sokol Saratov	Premier League	1st level	15/2
2002	FC Sokol Saratov	Premier League	1st level	12/0
	FC SKA Rostov-on-Don	First Division	2nd level	09/2
2003	FC Lisma-Mordovia Saransk	First Division	2nd level	40/18
2004	FC Uralan Elista	First Division	2nd level	19/2
	Zhenis Astana	Premier League	1st level	14/4
2005	SC Rotor Volgograd	Second Division	3rd level	23/14
2006	SC Rotor Volgograd	Second Division	3rd level	30/11
2007	SC Rotor Volgograd	Second Division	3rd level	13/4
	FC Irtysh Pavlodar	Premier League	1st level	13/2
2008	FC Astana	Premier League	1st level	30/7

* – played games and goals

Level	Games	Goals
I	355	159
II	126	37
III	172	61
Total	653	257

References

• Dreaming to enter the field in Rotor shirt, Roman Savyolov, Football Weekly (Еженедельник "Футбол"), 47, 2003 (Russian)
• Web archive of Statistics at KLISF

1. ^ Файзулин, Шункевич и Фисантов стали одноклубниками Бурлаченко и Веретенникова
2. ^ Honours of 2005
3. ^ Honours of 2009 season

External links

• Fan club (Russian)
• Club profile
• Fans' website (Russian)

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Name	Veretennikov, Oleg
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Date of birth	January 5, 1970
Place of birth	Revda, Soviet Union
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