Viktor Onopko
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (Russian: Виктор Савельевич Онопко; born 14 October 1969) is a Russian football coach and a former defender of Ukrainian origin. He is an assistant coach with FC Rostov and the Russia national football team.
 Onopko honored by UEFA in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Viktor Savelyevich Onopko | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1969 | ||
| Place of birth |
Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Luhansk, Ukraine) | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rostov/Russia (assistant coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986 | Stakhanovets Stakhanov | 4 | (0) |
| 1986–1988 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | (0) |
| 1989 | Dynamo Kyiv | 0 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 45 | (4) |
| 1992–1995 | Spartak Moscow | 108 | (23) |
| 1995–2002 | Real Oviedo | 216 | (7) |
| 2002–2003 | Rayo Vallecano | 28 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Alania Vladikavkaz | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Saturn | 51 | (1) |
| Total | 462 | (33) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992 | CIS | 4 | (0) |
| 1992–2004 | Russia | 109 | (7) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2020 | CSKA Moscow (assistant) | ||
| 2021– | Russia (assistant) | ||
| 2022– | Rostov (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He held the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team until 8 September 2015, when he was overtaken by Sergei Ignashevich.[1]
Club career
Born in Voroshilovgrad (now Luhansk), Soviet Union, Onopko's career as a player started in 1986 and finished in 2005; 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 4 for the CIS, including the ones in Euro 92), 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. With the national team, in 2003 he won the Cyprus friendly tournament[2]
In 2009, he was part of the Russia squad that won the 2009 Legends Cup.
Coaching career
He worked for 11 years as an assistant coach for PFC CSKA Moscow.
On 26 July 2021, he was hired as an assistant to Valeri Karpin in the Russia national football team.[3] On 28 February 2022, FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian clubs and national teams from international competition until further notice due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4] For the duration of the ban, Karpin returned to manage FC Rostov (while also staying on as the national team coach), Onopko joined him at the club as an assistant.[5]
Personal life
Viktor has a younger brother, Serhiy, who also played as a professional footballer.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stakhanovets Stakhanov | 1986 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Shakhtar | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1988 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Dinamo Kyiv | 1989 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Shakhtar | 1990 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2 | |
| 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 | |
| Total | 108 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 27 | 5 | 145 | 29 | |
| Real Oviedo | 1995–96 | 19 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 1 | ||
| 1996–97 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | 31 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| 1998–99 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | ||
| 1999-00 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 2 | ||
| 2000–01 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | ||
| 2001–02 | 30 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 1 | |||
| Total | 216 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 221 | 7 | |
| Rayo Vallecano | 2002–03 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | |
| Alania | 2003 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Saturn | 2004 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| Total | 51 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1 | |
| Career total | 458 | 33 | 29 | 2 | 27 | 5 | 514 | 40 | |
Honours
Club
- Russian Premier League champion: 1992, 1993, 1994
- Soviet Cup winner: 1992
- Russian Cup winner: 1994
Individual
References
- ИГНАШЕВИЧ ПОБИЛ РЕКОРД ОНОПКО ПО ЧИСЛУ МАТЧЕЙ ЗА СБОРНУЮ РОССИИ (in Russian). Sport Express. 8 September 2015.
- "Cyprus International Tournament 2003".
- ""Наша философия и понимание основных принципов игры совпадают"" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 26 July 2021.
- "FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions". FIFA. 28 February 2022.
- "ВИКТОР ОНОПКО ВОШЁЛ В ТРЕНЕРСКИЙ ШТАБ "РОСТОВА"" (Press release) (in Russian). FC Rostov. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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