Oleh Protasov

Oleh Protasov
Oleh Protasov
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Personal information
Full name Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov
Date of birth 4 February 1964 (1964-02-04) (age 47)
Place of birth Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Playing position Forward (retired)
Youth career
1972–1981 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1987 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 145 (95)
1987–1990 Dynamo Kyiv 71 (30)
1990–1994 Olympiakos Piraeus 83 (48)
1994–1995 Gamba Osaka 55 (24)
1996–1998 Veria 62 (11)
1998–1999 Proodeftiki 28 (5)
1999–2000 Panelefsiniakos 2 (1)
Total 446 (214)
National team
1984–1991 Soviet Union 68 (29)
1994 Ukraine 1 (0)
Teams managed
2002–2004 Olympiacos Piraeus
2004–2005 AEL Limassol
2005 Steaua Bucureşti
2006–2008 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2008 Kuban Krasnodar
2009 Iraklis Thessaloniki
2010–2011 Rostov
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov (Ukrainian: Олег Валерійович Протасов) (born 4 February 1964, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) is a former football striker. He was a key member of the Soviet Union national team throughout the 1980s; his 29 goals for the Soviet Union are second in the team's history, behind Oleh Blokhin's 42. It should be considered that his first name is often spelled as Oleg on most of international rosters, particularly during his playing career.

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Playing career

Club

Oleh Protasov started playing football at the age of 8 years old in his hometown of Dnipropetrovsk in Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, where he played until 1987. In 1987, Protasov moved to play for the Soviet-Ukrainian football giants, Dynamo Kyiv. In all, in the Soviet Union, he won the Soviet Championship twice and was named Soviet Footballer of the Year in 1987. He scored 125 goals in the Soviet Championship, making him the 8th best scorer of all-time of the Championship.

Following the fall of the Soviet Union, Oleh Protasov got a chance to play abroad. In 1990, he joined Greek side Olympiacos Piraeus. Leaving Olympiakos in 1994, he played in Gamba Osaka, Veria FC, and finally Proodeftiki FC, from where he retired in 1999.

National

Protasov played for the Soviet Union 68 times, including at the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups, as well as Euro 88, where he scored two goals. He also played one game for the Ukraine national team, in 1994.

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, Protasov went into coaching, and led Olympiacos Piraeus to the Greek title in 2003. In 2005, he coached Romanian team Steaua Bucureşti.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

In December 2005, Oleh Protasov returned in Ukraine to coach his hometown team, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, after an impressive UEFA Cup performance with Steaua Bucureşti. Protasov left by his own choice and was on very good terms with the entire team and owners of the club.[1]

In his first 2005–06 season as Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk's coach, Oleh Protasov led the team to a 6th place finish in the Ukrainian Premier League. In the next, 2006–07 season, Protasov improved on this, finishing 4th in the league.

In the 2007–08 season his side unexpectedly led the title race ahead of the winter break, before a poor second half left his side in 4th once again. Dnipro sacked him on 29 of August 2008 after an embarrassing defeat from AC Bellinzona in UEFA cup qualification match.[2]

Kuban Krasnodar

After that, Protasov took over FC Kuban Krasnodar in the nearby region of Russia. Kuban had been recently derelegated to the Russian First League. Under Protasov's leadership, the club finished 2nd in the league, with an 8 point lead over their nearest competitors. This finish earned them right to be promoted to the Russian Premier League.

However FC Kuban was hard-hit by the Global financial crisis of 2008–2009, which greatly decreased the club's budget. In a mutual agreement with the club, Protasov left the club on 19 November 2008.[3]

Iraklis Thessaloniki

Then, he signed a two year deal worth 400,000 euro per year with Iraklis Thessaloniki, starting from the summer of 2009. On October 30th, it was announced by Iraklis F.C. the termination of their contract, after 5 continual defeats in Super League and Greek Cup.

Honours

Playing career

Soviet Top League champion: 1983, 1990

Greek Cup: 1990, 1992

Ballon d'Or

  • 1985 – 7th

Career statistics

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dnipro 1982 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
1983 21 7 2 0 0 0 23 7
1984 34 17 2 2 6 0 42 19
1985 33 35 2 1 6 4 41 40
1986 23 17 1 1 2 0 26 18
1987 30 18 4 3 0 0 34 21
Total 145 95 11 7 14 4 170 106
Dynamo 1988 29 11 5 2 0 0 34 13
1989 26 7 6 2 3 1 35 10
1990 16 12 1 1 0 0 17 13
Total 71 30 12 5 3 1 86 36
Olympiacos 1990–91 29 11 2 1 0 0 31 12
1991–92 21 15 6 3 3 1 30 19
1992–93 24 14 9 3 4 1 37 18
1993–94 9 8 4 1 1 0 14 9
Total 83 48 21 8 8 2 112 58
Gamba Osaka 1994 27 11 7 3 0 0 34 15
1995 28 13 0 0 0 0 28 13
Total 55 24 4 4 0 0 59 28
Veria 1997 30 4 4 1 0 0 34 5
1998 32 7 1 0 0 0 33 7
Total 62 11 5 1 0 0 67 12
Proodeftiki 1998 28 5 0 0 0 0 28 5
Total 28 5 0 0 0 0 28 5
Career Total 444 213 56 25 25 7 525 245
  • The statistics in USSR Cups and Europe is made under the scheme "autumn-spring" and enlisted in a year of start of tournaments

International career statistics

[4]

Soviet Union national team
Year Apps Goals
1984 5 2
1985 12 8
1986 3 0
1987 9 2
1988 18 10
1989 8 3
1990 11 3
1991 2 1
Total 68 29
Ukraine national team
Year Apps Goals
1994 1 0
Total 1 0

References

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