Oleh Luzhny
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Oleh Romanovych Luzhny | |
| Date of birth | August 5, 1968 | |
| Place of birth | Lviv, Soviet Union | |
| Playing position | Coach, former defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1985–1988 1988 1989–1999 1999–2003 2003–2004 2005 |
Torpedo Lutsk (Div 2) SKA Karpaty Lviv (Div 1) Dynamo Kyiv Arsenal F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers FK Venta (player-coach) Total |
88 (1) 29 (0) 253 (13) 75 (0) 6 (0) 5 (0) 456 (14) |
| National team | ||
| 1989–1990 1992–2003 |
USSR Ukraine Total |
8 (0) 52 (0) 60 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2005 2006– 2007 |
FK Venta (player-coach) Dynamo Kyiv (assistant coach) Dynamo Kyiv (interim coach) |
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Oleh Romanovych Luzhny (Ukrainian: Олег Романович Лужний, born August 5, 1968 in Lviv, Ukraine) is a former Ukrainian football player, currently assistant coach at FC Dynamo Kyiv. His name is alternatively Romanised as Oleg Luzhny.
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[edit] Playing career
[edit] Dynamo Kyiv
Luzhny first played for Ukrainian clubs Torpedo Lutsk (1985-88) and SKA Karpaty Lviv (1988). He signed for Dynamo Kyiv in 1989 and became a regular at right back, winning the USSR domestic double in 1990 and seven consecutive Ukrainian league titles between 1993 and 1999. He was the captain of Dynamo Kyiv's Champions League side that defeated FC Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate in the 1997-98 season and eliminated holders Real Madrid 3-1 on aggregate en route to the semi-finals in 1998-99.
[edit] Arsenal
Luzhny signed for English club Arsenal in the summer of 1999 after impressing manager Arsène Wenger in Kyiv's 4-2 aggregate defeat of Arsenal in the Champions League. He was signed as cover for Lee Dixon, although he was unable to fully displace the England international. While never a regular starter with the Gunners (the young Spanish-Cameroonian Lauren was signed a year later as Dixon's long-term replacement), Luzhny still played 110 matches in four years at the club, either at right back, or less frequently at centre back, and even captained the team once in the League Cup.[1] In the 2001-02 season he won a double (the FA Premier League and the FA Cup) with Arsenal. His last match for the Gunners was the 2003 FA Cup final (which Arsenal won, beating Southampton 1-0), one of Luzhny's best performances for the club.[2]
[edit] Wolverhampton Wanderers
Luzhny signed for newly-promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers in the summer of 2003. He spent a single season there, but only made ten appearances for the side and was released by Wolves in the summer of 2004 following their relegation from the Premier League.
[edit] International career
On the international stage, Luzhny made his debut at the age of 20 for the Soviet Union in 1989, winning eight caps but missing the 1990 World Cup because of injury. After the USSR's dissolution, Luzhny went on to play for Ukraine, playing 52 times for his country between 1992 and 2003, although his side never reached a tournament finals, losing three times in the play-offs.
Luzhny captained the national side a record 39 times and achieved immense personal recognition in his country. In December 2000 he was voted into the Ukrainian 'Team of the Century' according to a poll by The Ukrainsky Futbol weekly.[4] Luzhny received the fourth biggest number of votes, behind only to Oleg Blokhin, Andriy Shevchenko and Anatoly Demyanenko.
[edit] Managerial career
Luzhny had a brief spell at Latvian side FK Venta as player-coach in 2005, but left the club after it ran into financial problems. He has now retired from playing and in June 2006 became assistant coach at Dynamo Kyiv.
Luzhny was named interim manager of Dynamo Kyiv on the 5th of November 2007 after the resignation of Yozhef Sabo. He led the club to three league wins in three matches, including a 2-1 home victory against perennial rivals Shakhtar Donetsk, as well as into the semifinals of the Ukrainian Cup. However, during the same period Dynamo suffered heavy Champions League defeats away at Manchester United and Sporting Lisbon and at home to Roma. On December 8, 2007 Dynamo Kyiv unveiled a new permanent manager, Yuri Semin, and a few days later it was announced that Luzhny would continue as an assistant coach under the new manager.
[edit] Honours
FC Dynamo Kyiv
- USSR Premier League: 1989-90
- USSR Cup: 1990
- Ukrainian Premier League: 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99
- Ukrainian Cup: 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999
Arsenal F.C.
- FA Premier League: winner 2001-02, runner-up 1999-00, 2000-01, 2002-03
- FA Cup: winner 2002, 2003, runner-up 2001
- UEFA Cup: runner-up 2000
USSR Under-21
Personal Honours
- Best Newcomer of the USSR Premier League: 1989-90
- Most matches for Ukraine as a captain
- Ukrainian Team of the Century (poll by Ukrainsky Futbol)[4]: 2000
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] Club career
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Torpedo Lutsk | 1985 | 13 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? |
| 1986 | 34 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 1987 | 30 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 1988 | 11 | 1 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| All | 88 | 1 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| Karpaty Lviv | 1988 | 29 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? |
| All | 29 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1989 | 27 | 0 | ? | ? | 5 | 0 | ? | ? |
| 1990 | 12 | 0 | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 1991 | 28 | 0 | ? | ? | 8 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 1992 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
| 1992-93 | 26 | 3 | ? | ? | 3 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 1993-94 | 34 | 1 | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 1994-95 | 24 | 4 | ? | ? | 6 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 1995-96 | 24 | 1 | ? | ? | 1 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 1996-97 | 28 | 2 | ? | ? | 2 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 1997-98 | 16 | 0 | ? | ? | 9 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| 1998-99 | 21 | 0 | ? | ? | 13 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| All | 253 | 13 | ? | ? | 58 | 0 | ? | ? | |
| Arsenal | 1999-00 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 2000-01 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 2001-02 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2002-03 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| All | 75 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 110 | 0 | |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2003-04 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| All | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| FK Venta (player-coach) | 2005 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| All | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Career totals | 456 | 14 | ? | ? | 79 | 0 | ? | ? | |
[edit] International career
| National team | Season | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| USSR | 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
| Ukraine | 1991-92 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992-93 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1993-94 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1994-95 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1995-96 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1996-97 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1997-98 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1998-99 | 7 | 0 | |
| 1999-00 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2000-01 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2001-02 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2002-03 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2003-04 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 0 | |
| Career total | 60 | 0 | |
[edit] References
- ^ Luzhny at last shows fans his animal magic. Guardian Unlimited (January 11, 2003). Retrieved on October 19, 2007.
- ^ Luzhny looks to Charlton. BBC Sport (June 2, 2003). Retrieved on October 19, 2007.
- ^ DynamoMania.com - "Динамо" - "Днепр" 1:3. Фоторепортаж. Часть I
- ^ a b Best Ukrainian players of the XX century. UkrainianSoccer.net (December 29, 2000). Retrieved on October 19, 2007.
