Oleg Salenko

Oleg Salenko

Personal information
Full name	Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko
Date of birth	25 October 1969 (1969-10-25)
Place of birth	Leningrad, Soviet Union
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1986–1988	Zenit Leningrad	47	(10)
1989–1992	Dynamo Kiev	91	(28)
1993–1994	Logroñés	47	(23)
1994–1995	Valencia	25	(7)
1995	Rangers	16	(7)
1996–1998	İstanbulspor	18	(11)
1999–2000	Córdoba	3	(0)
2000–2001	Pogoń Szczecin	1	(0)
Total		248	(86)
National team
1984–1991	USSR U-20	4	(5)
1992	Ukraine	1	(0)
1993–1994	Russia	8	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko (Russian: Олег Анатольевич Саленко; Ukrainian: Олег Анатолійович Саленко; Oleh Anatoliyovich Salenko born 25 October 1969 in Leningrad, Russia) is a retired Russian and Ukrainian footballer, who played as a striker. He scored a record of five goals in a group stage match in the 1994 World Cup, helping him earn the Golden Shoe as joint-top tournament goalscorer.

Club career

Salenko played at Zenit Leningrad, Dynamo Kyiv, Logroñés, Córdoba, Valencia, Rangers and İstanbulspor in a club career that lasted from 1986 to 2000.

Eventually, he faded from the international soccer scene and finally had to end his career prematurely for health reasons stemming from injuries. Salenko returned to playing professional football in the 2000–01 season and signed for Pogoń Szczecin. He retired after playing a single game however due to his physical conditioning.

International career

Salenko set a World Cup record by scoring five goals in one game, for Russia against Cameroon on 28 June 1994. Salenko finished the 1994 World Cup with six goals (scoring his sixth goal from the penalty spot against Sweden), sharing the Golden Boot with Hristo Stoichkov, a remarkable feat since Russia was knocked out in the first round, and Stoichkov's Bulgaria played another four games in the tournament. This mirrored Salenko's achievement in the 1989 U-20 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, where he was top scorer when he scored 6 goals in the tournament. He is the only player to win the Golden Boot at both the U-20 World Cup and FIFA World Cup.

Salenko played a total of only nine international matches, one of them for Ukraine, and he never scored in an international game before or after the 1994 World Cup. He remains the sole player ever to win the Golden Boot award, on a team eliminated from world cup contention at the preliminary group stage.

Beach football

In 2003, Salenko worked as manager of the Ukraine national beach football team. His team played three games with only win over the team of USA 6–5 and lost the other two to Brazil and Spain. The tournament took place at the end of July in Portugal under the name Mundialito. After the tournament, he was dismissed. He is now currently a part of FFU assisting staff.

Career statistics

Club

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Zenit	1986	11	3	3	1	0	0	14	4
	1987	10	0	2	0	0	0	12	0
	1988	26	7	1	0	0	0	27	7
Dynamo Kyiv	1989	26	3	5	0	6	1	37	4
	1990	21	4	4	5	4	2	29	11
	1991	28	14	3	4	8	3	39	21
	1992	16	7	4	1	4	1	24	9
Logroñés	1992/93	16	7	0	0	0	0	16	7
	1993/94	31	16	6	5	0	0	37	21
Valencia	1994/95	25	7	6	3	0	0	31	10
Rangers	1995/96	16	7	0	0	2	0	18	7
İstanbulspor	1995/96	15	11	0	0	0	0	15	11
	1996/97	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1997/98	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Córdoba	1999/00	3	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
Pogoń Szczecin	2000/01	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Career Totals		248	86	36	18	24	7	308	111

International

Ukraine national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1992	1	0
Total	1	0

Russia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1993	1	0
1994	7	7
Total	8	7

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1994-06-24	Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, USA	Sweden	1 – 0	1 – 3	1994 FIFA World Cup
2	1994-06-28	Stanford Stadium, Stanford, USA	Cameroon	0 – 1	1 – 6	1994 FIFA World Cup
3	1994-06-28	Stanford Stadium, Stanford, USA	Cameroon	0 – 2	1 – 6	1994 FIFA World Cup
4	1994-06-28	Stanford Stadium, Stanford, USA	Cameroon	0 – 3	1 – 6	1994 FIFA World Cup
5	1994-06-28	Stanford Stadium, Stanford, USA	Cameroon	1 – 4	1 – 6	1994 FIFA World Cup
6	1994-06-28	Stanford Stadium, Stanford, USA	Cameroon	1 – 5	1 – 6	1994 FIFA World Cup

External links

• Oleg Salenko at National-football-teams.com
• RSSSF
• Player profile (Russian)