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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ihor Hryhorovych Nychenko | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-04-18)18 April 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Kherson,Ukrainian SSR,Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989 | Podillia Khmelnytsky | 35 | (11) |
| 1990–1992 | Metalist Kharkiv | 27 | (0) |
| 1992 | Krystal Kherson | 15 | (9) |
| 1992–1995 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 79 | (24) |
| 1995–1996 | Stadler FC | 22 | (16) |
| 1996–1998 | Ferencvaros Budapest | 66 | (32) |
| 1998–2001 | Dunaferr Dunaujvaros | 84 | (25) |
| 2001–2005 | Raba ETO Győr | 83 | (24) |
| 2005 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | - | |
| 2005–2006 | Krystal Kherson | - | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Krystal Kherson (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2014 | Győri ETO FC (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Jászberényi FC | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ihor Hryhorovych Nychenko (Ukrainian:Ігор Григорович Ниченко; 18 April 1971) is a Ukrainian former professionalfootball coach and former player who played as aforward.[1]
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Nichenko was born on 18 April 1971 inKherson. He studied at the Kherson Children-Youth Sport schoolNo. 1 with instructor Vasyl Kravchenko. Nichenko started his career in the early 1990s inKhmelnytsky at its team in the1989 Soviet Second League. Next year he was drafted to the top league'sMetalist Kharkiv where he could not find his touch. In 1992, he returned to his hometownKherson, joining Krystal. After an impressive start at the club in theUkrainian First League, Nichenko was signed by theKryvbas club at the end of 1992. In Kryvbas he set a record for the goals scored in a game and the goals scored in a season (12), finishing third amongst the best scorers. At the top level of Soviet and Ukrainian competitions, he played over 100 matches with 87 in theUkrainian Premier League.
Since 1995 and for the next 10 years, Nichenko played in various Hungarian clubs such as Ferencvaros, Dunaferr, and others. There he became the two-time champion with those teams. He was also the top scorer of the Hungarian championship in 1996–97 for Ferencvaros, scoring 18 goals, and becoming the first foreign player ever to score the most goals in a season in Hungary. He played more than 250 games inHungary scoring almost 100 goals. Since 2005, he has been signed with Ukrainian clubs, but has not played any games officially.
Upon retiring, Nichenko stayed inFC Krystal Kherson working together withYuriy Martynov as the head coach. In 2007, he joined the local amateur club, Sigma Kherson, as a staff coach and since 2008 has been its head coach.