Oleh Protasov

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Oleh Protasov
Personal information
Full name	Oleh Valeriyevych Protasov
Date of birth	February 4, 1964 (1964-02-04) (age 44)
Place of birth	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Playing position	Forward (now retired)
Club information
Current club	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Youth clubs
1972-81	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1981-1987 1987-1990 1990-1994 1994-1995 1996-1998 1998-1999	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dynamo Kyiv Olympiakos Piraeus Gamba Osaka Veria FC Proodeftiki Total	145 (95) 71 (30) 83 (48) 65 (26) 62 (11) 28 (5) 454 (215)
National team
1987-1992 1994	USSR Ukraine Total	68 (29) 1 (0) 69 (29)
Teams managed
2002-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-Present	Olympiakos Piraeus AEL Limassol Steaua Bucharest Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Oleh Valerievich Protasov (Ukrainian: Олег Протасов) (born February 4, 1964, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) is a former football striker. He was a key member of the USSR national team throughout the 1980s; his 29 goals for the Soviet Union are second in the team's history, behind Oleh Blokhin's 42. Protasov is currently coaching Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. In Russian his first name is pronounced as Oleg.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Club 1.2 National 1.3 Coaching 2 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Club

Oleh Protasov started playing soccer at the age of 8 years old in his hometown of Dnipropetrovsk in Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, where he played until 1987. In 1987, Protasov moved to play for the Soviet-Ukrainian football giants, Dynamo Kyiv. In all, in the Soviet Union, he won the Soviet Championship twice and was named Soviet Footballer of the Year in 1987. He scored 125 goals in the Soviet Championship, making him the 8th best scorer of all-time of the Championship.

Following the fall of the Soviet Union, Oleh Protasov got a chance to play abroad. In 1990, he joined Greek side Olympiakos Piraeus. Leaving Olympiakos in 1994, he played in Gamba Osaka, Veria FC, and finally Proodeftiki FC, from where he retired in 1999.

[edit] National

Protasov played for the USSR 68 times, including at the 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups, as well as Euro 88, where he scored two goals. He also played one game for the Ukraine national team, in 1994.

[edit] Coaching

After retiring as a player, Protasov went into coaching, and led Olympiakos Piraeus to the Greek title in 2003. In 2005, he coached Romanian team Steaua Bucharest.

In December 2005, Oleh Protasov returned in Ukraine to coach his hometown team, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, after an impressive UEFA Cup performance with Steaua Bucharest (winning the group with no goals allowed).

In his first 2005/06 season as Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk's coach, Oleh Protasov led the team to a 6th place finish in the Ukrainian Premier League, improving on this in 2006/07 as Dnipro finished 4th. In 2007/08 his side unexpectedly led the title race ahead of the winter break before a poor second half left his side in 4th once again.

[edit] External links

• Info on Official Dnipro Website (in list)
• Oleh Protasov at UkrSoccerHistory.com (Russian)

Preceded by Dumitru Dumitriu

Steaua Bucharest coach in: 2005-06

Succeeded by Cosmin Olăroiu

v • d • e USSR squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev • 2 Bessonov • 3 Chivadze • 4 Morozov • 5 Demyanenko • 6 Bubnov • 7 Yaremchuk • 8 Yakovenko • 9 Zavarov • 10 Kuznetsov • 11 Blokhin • 12 Bal • 13 Litovchenko • 14 Rodionov • 15 Larionov • 16 Chanov • 17 Yevtushenko • 18 Protasov • 19 Belanov • 20 Aleinikov • 21 Rats • 22 Krakovsky • Coach: Lobanovsky

v • d • e USSR squad - UEFA Euro 1988 1 Dasayev • 2 Bessonov • 3 Khidiyatullin • 4 Kuznetsov • 5 Demyanenko • 6 Rats • 7 Aleinikov • 8 Litovchenko • 9 Zavarov • 10 Protasov • 11 Belanov • 12 Vishnevsky • 13 Sulakvelidze • 14 Sukristov • 15 Mikhailichenko • 16 Chanov • 17 Dmitriev • 18 Gotsmanov • 19 Baltacha • 20 Pasulko • Coach: Lobanovsky

v • d • e USSR squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Dasayev • 2 Bessonov • 3 Khidiyatullin • 4 Kuznetsov • 5 Demyanenko • 6 Rats • 7 Aleinikov • 8 Litovchenko • 9 Zavarov • 10 Protasov • 11 Dobrovolski • 12 Borodyuk • 13 Tsveiba • 14 Liuty • 15 Yaremchuk • 16 Chanov • 17 Zygmantovich • 18 Shalimov • 19 Fokin • 20 Gorlukovich • 21 Broshin • 22 Uvarov • Coach: Lobanovsky

v • d • e FC Steaua Bucureşti – Managers Braun-Bogdan (1948) • Vâlcov (1948–49) • Ronnay (1950) • Gh. Popescu (1951–53) • Ronnay (1953–54) • Savu (1954–55) • Dobay (1956) • Savu (1958) • Niculescu (1958) • Gh. Popescu (1958–60) • Onisie (1960–61) • Mladin (1961) • Gh. Popescu (1962) • Onisie (1962–63) • Ola (1963–64) • Savu (1964–67) • Kovács (1967–70) • Onisie (1970–71) • Stănescu (1971–72) • Constantin (1972-73) • Teaşcă (1974–75) • Jenei (1975–78) • Constantin (1978–81) • Ionescu (1981) • Cernăianu (1981–83) • Jenei (1983–84) • Halagian (1984) • Jenei (1984–86) • Iordănescu (1986–90) • Ştefănescu (1990) • Hălmageanu (1991) • Jenei (1991) • Piţurcă (1992) • Iordănescu (1992–93) • Jenei (1993–94) • Dumitriu (1994–97) • Stoichiţă (1997–98) • Jenei (1998–2000) • Piţurcă (2000–02) • Olăroiu (2002) • Piţurcă (2002–04) • Zenga (2004–05) • Dumitriu (2005) • Protasov (2005) • Olăroiu (2006–07) • Hagi (2007) • Pedrazzini (2007) • Lăcătuş (2007–)

v • d • e FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk – current squad 1 Startsev • 2 Klimavičius • 3 Hrytsay • 4 Shershun • 5 Sviderskyi • 6 Shelayev • 7 Bartulovic • 8 Kornilenko • 9 Balabanov • 10 Samodin • 11 Vorobey • 13 Eschenko • 15 Matiukhin • 16 Rusol • 17 Bidnenko • 18 Ferreyra • 19 Denisov • 20 Kankava • 21 Maksymov • 22 Andriyenko • 23 Kernozenko • 25 Holek • 27 Davidson • 28 Nazarenko • 29 Rotan • 30 Shahov • 32 Kanibolotskiy • 39 Lyopa • 77 Kusliy • 88 Gusev • Manager: Protasov