Oleh Benko

Oleh Benko

Personal information
Full name	Oleh Ivanovych Benko
Date of birth	(1969-10-21) 21 October 1969
Place of birth	Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
1978–1983	DYuSSh Stryi
1983–1985	OShISP Lviv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	3	(0)
1986–1987	Torpedo Lutsk	24	(0)
1988–1989	SKA-Karpaty Lviv	37	(0)
1990–1991	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	24	(0)
1992	Karpaty Lviv	26	(2)
1993–1994	Volyn Lutsk	46	(2)
1995–1996	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	69	(10)
1997	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	3	(0)
1998	Polissya Zhytomyr	7	(0)
International career
1986	Soviet Union U16
1988	Soviet Union U18
1989	Soviet Union U20
1990–1991	Soviet Union U21	2	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing Soviet Union UEFA European U-19 Championships Winner 1988 Czechoslovakia UEFA European U-16 Championships 1986 Greece
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2022

Oleh Ivanovych Benko (Ukrainian: Олег Іванович Бенько; born 21 October 1969) is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer who played as a left-back.

Club career

Karpaty Lviv

On 6 March 1992 Benko played in the first ever match of the Vyshcha Liha (now called Ukrainian Premier League) for Karpaty Lviv against Chornomorets Odesa.

Honours

Karpaty Lviv

• Ukrainian Cup runner-up: 1992–93

Bukovyna Chernivtsi

• Ukrainian First League runner-up: 1995–96

External links

• Oleh Benko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Oleh Benko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)