Viktor Onopko

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Savelyevich and the family name is Onopko.

Viktor Onopko

Honored by UEFA in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Viktor Savelyevich Onopko
Date of birth	(1969-10-14) 14 October 1969
Place of birth	Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Luhansk, Ukraine)
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	CSKA Moscow (asst manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1991	Shakhtar Donetsk	48	(1)
1992–1995	Spartak Moscow	108	(23)
1995–2002	Real Oviedo	217	(8)
2002–2003	Rayo Vallecano	28	(1)
2003-2004	Alania Vladikavkaz	7	(0)
2004–2005	Saturn	51	(1)
Total		459	(33)
International career
1992	CIS	4	(0)
1992–2004	Russia	109	(7)
Managerial career
2009–	CSKA Moscow (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and 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. He held the record for most international appearances for the Russian national team until 8 September 2015, when he was overtaken by Sergei Ignashevich. Currently he works as an assistant manager for PFC CSKA Moscow.

Viktor has a younger brother Serhiy Onopko.

Club career

Onopko's career as player started in 1988 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 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

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shakhtar	1988	3	0	1	0	-	-	4	0
	1990	21	0	3	1	-	-	24	1
	1991	24	1	1	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	-	-	-	-	19	1
	1996–97	37	0	1	0	-	-	38	0
	1997–98	32	0	-	-	-	-	32	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
Rayo	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
Career	Total	459	33	29	2	27	5	515	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
• Footballer of the Year in Russia (Futbol): 1992, 1993
• Footballer of the Year in Russia (Sport-Express): 1993

External links

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