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{{Short description|Russian footballer (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{family name hatnote|Savelyevich|Onopko|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Viktor Onopko
| image = Viktor Onopko 2011.jpg
| upright = 
| alt =
| caption = Onopko in 2011
| full_name = Viktor Savelyevich Onopko
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|10|14}}
| birth_place = [[Luhansk]], [[Ukrainian SSR]], Soviet Union
| height = 1.89 m
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| currentclub = [[FC Rostov|Rostov]], [[Russia national football team|Russia]] (assistant coach)
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1986
| clubs1 = [[FC Stakhanov|Stakhanovets Stakhanov]]
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1986–1988
| clubs2 = [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
| caps2 = 3
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1989
| clubs3 = [[Dynamo Kyiv]]
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1990–1991
| clubs4 = [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
| caps4 = 45
| goals4 = 4
| years5 = 1992–1995
| clubs5 = [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
| caps5 = 108
| goals5 = 23
| years6 = 1995–2002
| clubs6 = [[Real Oviedo]]
| caps6 = 216
| goals6 = 7
| years7 = 2002–2003
| clubs7 = [[Rayo Vallecano]]
| caps7 = 28
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2003–2004
| clubs8 = [[FC Alania Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]]
| caps8 = 7
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2004–2005
| clubs9 = [[FC Saturn Ramenskoe|Saturn]]
| caps9 = 51
| goals9 = 1
| totalcaps = 462
| totalgoals = 33
| nationalyears1 = 1991 | nationalteam1 = USSR U-21
| nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1992
| nationalteam2 = [[CIS national football team|CIS]]
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1992–2004
| nationalteam3 = [[Russia national football team|Russia]]
| nationalcaps3 = 109
| nationalgoals3 = 7
| manageryears1 = 2009–2020
| managerclubs1 = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2021–
| managerclubs2 = [[Russia national football team|Russia]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2022–
| managerclubs3 = [[FC Rostov|Rostov]] (assistant)
}}
'''Viktor Savelyevich Onopko''' ({{langx|ru|link=no|Виктор Савельевич Онопко}}; born 14 October 1969) is a former Russian [[Association football|football]] [[Defender (association football)|defender]]. He is the assistant manager of both [[FC Rostov]] in the [[Russian Premier League]] and the [[Russia national football team|Russia national team]].

As a player, Onopko held the record for most international appearances for the Russia national team until 2015.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Sport Express]]|url=http://www.sport-express.ru/football/euro/2016/news/915280/|script-title=ru:ИГНАШЕВИЧ ПОБИЛ РЕКОРД ОНОПКО ПО ЧИСЛУ МАТЧЕЙ ЗА СБОРНУЮ РОССИИ|date=8 September 2015|language=Russian}}</ref>

==Club career==
Onopko's career as a player started in 1986. During that time, he played for [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]], [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]], [[Real Oviedo]], [[Rayo Vallecano]], [[FC Alania Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]] and [[FC Saturn Ramenskoe|Saturn Ramenskoye]]. He retired as a player in 2005.

==International career==
Eligible to play for both the [[Ukraine national football team|Ukrainian]] and [[Russian national football team|Russian national teams]], Onopko chose the latter (unlike his brother [[Serhiy Onopko|Sergey]], who opted to play for Ukraine). He amassed 109 caps (plus 4 for the [[CIS national football team|CIS]], including in the [[1992 European Football Championship|1992 Euros]]). He played in the [[Football World Cup 1994|1994]] and [[Football World Cup 2002|2002 world cups]], as well as [[1996 European Football Championship|1996 Euros]]. Onopko was in the preliminary squad for [[2004 European Football Championship|Euro 2004]] but was dropped due to injury. With the national team, in 2003 he won the [[Cyprus International Football Tournament|Cyprus friendly tournament]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cypr-intltourn03.html|title = Cyprus International Tournament 2003}}</ref>

After retiring, in 2009, he was part of the Russia squad that won the [[2009 Legends Cup]].

==Coaching career==
Onopko worked for 11 years as an assistant coach for [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]].

On 26 July 2021, he was hired as an assistant to [[Valeri Karpin]] in the [[Russia national football team|Russia national team]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Russian Football Union]]|url=https://rfs.ru/news/214045|title="Наша философия и понимание основных принципов игры совпадают"|date=26 July 2021|language=ru}}</ref>

In February 2022, after [[FIFA]] and [[UEFA]] suspended Russian clubs and the national teams from international competitions amidst the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Karpin returned as manager to [[FC Rostov]] and hired Onopko as his assistant there as well.<ref name="FIFASuspencion">{{cite web|publisher=[[FIFA]]|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/qatar2022/media-releases/fifa-uefa-suspend-russian-clubs-and-national-teams-from-all-competitions|title=FIFA/UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions|date=28 February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|publisher=[[FC Rostov]]|url=https://fc-rostov.ru/ru/news/1893|title=ВИКТОР ОНОПКО ВОШЁЛ В ТРЕНЕРСКИЙ ШТАБ "РОСТОВА"|date=11 March 2022|access-date=11 March 2022|language=ru}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Onopko was born in [[Luhansk|Voroshilovgrad]] (now called Luhansk) in the [[Soviet Union]]. Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, he acquired both [[Ukrainian nationality law|Ukrainian]] and [[Russian nationality law|Russian citizenships]].

Viktor has a younger brother, [[Serhiy Onopko|Serhiy]], who also played as a professional footballer.

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup
!colspan="2"|Europe
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[FC Stakhanov|Stakhanovets Stakhanov]]
|1986
|4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||4||0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|[[Soviet Top League 1986|1986]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1987|1987]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1988|1988]]
|3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||4||0
|-
!Total
!3!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!4!!0
|-
|[[FC Dynamo Kyiv|Dinamo Kyiv]]
|[[Soviet Top League 1989|1989]]
|0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|Shakhtar Donetsk
|[[Soviet Top League 1990|1990]]
|21||0||3||1||colspan="2"|—||24||1
|-
|[[Soviet Top League 1991|1991]]
|24||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||25||1
|-
!Total
!45!!1!!4!!1!!0!!0!!49!!2
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]
|[[Russian Top League 1992|1992]]
|23||6||2||1||7||1||32||8
|-
|[[Russian Top League 1993|1993]]
|30||9||4||0||9||4||43||13
|-
|[[Russian Top League 1994|1994]]
|26||2||3||0||5||0||34||2
|-
|[[Russian Top League 1995|1995]]
|29||6||1||0||6||0||36||6
|-
!Total
!108!!23!!10!!1!!27!!5!!145!!29
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Real Oviedo]]
|[[1995–96 La Liga|1995–96]]
|19||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||1
|-
|[[1996–97 La Liga|1996–97]]
|37||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||38||0
|-
|[[1997–98 La Liga|1997–98]]
|31||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||31||0
|-
|[[1998–99 La Liga|1998–99]]
|33||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||35||0
|-
|[[1999–2000 La Liga|1999-00]]
|31||2||1||0||colspan="2"|—||32||2
|-
|[[2000–01 La Liga|2000–01]]
|35||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||36||3
|-
|[[2001–02 Segunda División|2001–02]]
|30||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||1
|-
!Total
!216!!7!!5!!0!!0!!0!!221!!7
|-
|[[Rayo Vallecano]]
|[[2002–03 La Liga|2002–03]]
|28||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||29||1
|-
|[[FC Spartak Vladikavkaz|Alania Vladikavkaz]]
|[[Russian Top League 2003|2003]]
|7||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||8||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[FC Saturn Ramenskoye|Saturn Ramenskoye]]
|[[Russian Top League 2004|2004]]
|26||1||5||0||colspan="2"|—||31||1
|-
|[[Russian Top League 2005|2005]]
|25||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||27||0
|-
!Total
!51!!1!!7!!0!!0!!0!!58!!1
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total
!458!!33!!29!!2!!27!!5!!514!!40
|}

==International goals==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 18 February 1993 || [[Los Angeles]], United States || {{fb|SLV}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || align=center| 2–1 || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. || 11 October 1995 || [[Moscow]], [[Russia]] || {{fb|GRE}} || align=center|'''2'''–1 || align=center| 2–1 || [[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 8|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying]]
|-
| 3. || 5 September 1998 || [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]] || {{fb|UKR}} || align=center|'''2'''–3 || align=center| 2–3 || rowspan=4| [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 4|UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying]]
|-
| 4. || 31 March 1999 || Moscow, Russia || {{fb|AND}} || align=center|'''3'''–0 || align=center| 6–1
|-
| 5. || rowspan=2| 8 September 1999 || rowspan=2| [[Andorra la Vella]], [[Andorra]] || rowspan=2| {{fb|AND}} || align=center|'''1'''–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 2–1
|-
| 6. || align=center|'''2'''–1
|-
| 7. || 16 October 2002 || [[Volvograd]], Russia || {{fb|ALB}} || align=center|'''3'''–1 || align=center| 4–1 || [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 10|UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Spartak Moscow'''
* [[Russian Premier League]]: 1992, 1993, 1994
* [[Soviet Cup]]: 1992
* [[Russian Cup (football)|Russian Cup]]: 1994

'''Individual'''
* [[Footballer of the Year in Russia (Futbol)|Footballer of the Year in Russia (''Futbol'' magazine)]]: 1992, 1993
* [[Footballer of the Year in Russia (Sport-Express)|Footballer of the Year in Russia (''Sport-Express'' newspaper)]]: 1993

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060908003354/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/onopko-intl.html Victor Onopko on RSSSF website]
* [http://www.legioner.kulichki.com/index.php?id=11&lang=en&player=37 Onopko on Legioner website (career, statistic, goals)]

==See also==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References==
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