 Onopko in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Viktor Savelyevich Onopko | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-10-14)14 October 1969 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Luhansk,Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 1991 | USSR U-21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1992 | CIS | 4 | (0) |
| 1992–2004 | Russia | 109 | (7) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2020 | CSKA Moscow (assistant) | ||
| 2021– | Russia (assistant) | ||
| 2022– | Rostov (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (Russian:Виктор Савельевич Онопко; born 14 October 1969) is a former Russianfootballdefender. He is the assistant manager of bothFC Rostov in theRussian Premier League and theRussia national team.
As a player, Onopko held the record for most international appearances for the Russia national team until 2015.[1]
Onopko's career as a player started in 1986. During that time, he played forShakhtar Donetsk,Spartak Moscow,Real Oviedo,Rayo Vallecano,Alania Vladikavkaz andSaturn Ramenskoye. He retired as a player in 2005.
Eligible to play for both theUkrainian andRussian national teams, Onopko chose the latter (unlike his brotherSergey, who opted to play for Ukraine). He amassed 109 caps (plus 4 for theCIS, including in the1992 Euros). He played in the1994 and2002 world cups, as well as1996 Euros. Onopko was in the preliminary squad forEuro 2004 but was dropped due to injury. With the national team, in 2003 he won theCyprus friendly tournament[2]
After retiring, in 2009, he was part of the Russia squad that won the2009 Legends Cup.
Onopko worked for 11 years as an assistant coach forCSKA Moscow.
On 26 July 2021, he was hired as an assistant toValeri Karpin in theRussia national team.[3]
In February 2022, afterFIFA andUEFA suspended Russian clubs and the national teams from international competitions amidst theRussian invasion of Ukraine, Karpin returned as manager toFC Rostov and hired Onopko as his assistant there as well.[4][5]
Onopko was born inVoroshilovgrad (now called Luhansk) in theSoviet Union. Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, he acquired bothUkrainian andRussian citizenships.
Viktor has a younger brother,Serhiy, who also played as a professional footballer.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stakhanovets Stakhanov | 1986 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 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 Donetsk | 1990 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | ||
| Total | 45 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2 | |
| Spartak Moscow | 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 Vladikavkaz | 2003 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |
| Saturn Ramenskoye | 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 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 18 February 1993 | Los Angeles, United States |  El Salvador | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 2. | 11 October 1995 | Moscow,Russia |  Greece | 2–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying |
| 3. | 5 September 1998 | Kyiv,Ukraine |  Ukraine | 2–3 | 2–3 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 4. | 31 March 1999 | Moscow, Russia |  Andorra | 3–0 | 6–1 | |
| 5. | 8 September 1999 | Andorra la Vella,Andorra | Andorra | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 6. | 2–1 | |||||
| 7. | 16 October 2002 | Volvograd, Russia |  Albania | 3–1 | 4–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
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