Viktor Onopko

Viktor Onopko

Honored by UEFA in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Viktor Savelyevich Onopko
Date of birth	14 October 1969 (1969-10-14)
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 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), Soviet Union) 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.

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 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	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

• Viсtor Onopko on RSSSF-site
• Onopko on Legioner-site (career, statistic, goals)