- Viktor Onopko
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Viktor Onopko 
Honored by UEFA in 2011Personal information Full name Viktor Savelyevich Onopko Date of birth 14 October 1969 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
- Russian Premier League champion: 1992, 1993, 1994
- Russian Premier League bronze: 1995
- Soviet Cup winner: 1992
- Russian Cup winner: 1994
- Russian Cup finalist: 1996
- Onopko was named Russian footballer of the year in 1993 and 1994
External links
Russian Footballer of the Year 1991: Korneev · 1992: Lediakhov · 1993: Onopko · 1994: Simutenkov · 1995: Tsymbalar · 1996: Tikhonov · 1997: Alenichev · 1998: Titov · 1999: Smertin · 2000: Titov · 2001: Nigmatullin · 2002: Loskov · 2003: Loskov · 2004: Sychev · 2005: Carvalho · 2006: Arshavin · 2007: Zyryanov · 2008: Vágner Love · 2009: Domínguez 2010: Danny
CIS squad – UEFA Euro 1992 1 Kharine • 2 Chernyshov • 3 Tskhadadze • 4 Tsveiba • 5 O. Kuznetsov • 6 Shalimov • 7 Mykhaylychenko (c) • 8 Kanchelskis • 9 Aleinikov • 10 Dobrovolski • 11 Yuran • 12 Cherchesov • 13 Kiriakov • 14 Lyutyi • 15 Kolyvanov • 16 D. Kuznetsov • 17 Korneev • 18 Onopko • 19 Lediakhov • 20 Ivanov • Coach: Byshovets
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 (c) • 17 Tsymbalar • 18 Onopko • 19 Mostovoi • 20 Lediakhov • 21 Khlestov • 22 Yuran • Coach: Sadyrin
Russia squad – UEFA Euro 1996 1 Kharine • 2 Tetradze • 3 Nikiforov • 4 Tsymbalar • 5 Kovtun • 6 Karpin • 7 Onopko • 8 Kanchelskis • 9 Kolyvanov • 10 Mostovoi • 11 Kiriakov • 12 Cherchesov • 13 Bushmanov • 14 Dobrovolski • 15 Shalimov • 16 Simutenkov • 17 Beschastnykh • 18 Yanovskiy • 19 Radimov • 20 Gorlukovich • 21 Khokhlov • 22 Ovchinnikov • Coach: RomantsevRussia squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Nigmatullin • 2 Kovtun • 3 Nikiforov • 4 Smertin • 5 Solomatin • 6 Semshov • 7 Onopko (c) • 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: RomantsevCategories:- 1969 births
- Living people
- People from Luhansk
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- Dual internationalists (football)
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- FC Alania Vladikavkaz players
- FC Saturn Moscow Oblast players
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
- FC Spartak Moscow players
- FIFA Century Club
- Association football defenders
- La Liga footballers
- Rayo Vallecano footballers
- Real Oviedo players
- Russia international footballers
- Russian expatriate footballers
- Russian footballers
- Russian Premier League players
- Russian people of Ukrainian descent
- Ukrainian footballers
- Soviet footballers
- Soviet Union international footballers
- UEFA Euro 1992 players
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
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