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Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov (Template:Langx; born 4 February 1964) is a Ukrainian and Soviet former footballer who played as a striker. He was a key member of the Soviet Union national team throughout the 1980s; his 28 goals for the Soviet Union are second in the team's history, behind Oleg Blokhin's 42. It should be considered that his first name is often spelled as Oleg on most of international rosters, particularly during his playing career.

Club career

Oleh Protasov started playing football 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 Olympiacos Piraeus. Leaving Olympiacos in 1994, he played in Gamba Osaka, Veria FC, and finally Proodeftiki FC, from where he retired in 1999.

International career

Protasov played for the Soviet Union 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.

In 1983, Protasov took part in the Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR, representing the Ukrainian SSR.[1]

Coaching career

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

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

In December 2005, Oleh Protasov returned in Ukraine to coach his hometown team, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, after an impressive UEFA Cup performance with Steaua București. Protasov left by his own choice and was on very good terms with the entire team and owners of the club.[2]

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. In the next, 2006–07 season, Protasov improved on this, finishing 4th in the league.

In the 2007–08 season his side unexpectedly led the title race ahead of the winter break, before a poor second half left his side in 4th once again. Dnipro sacked him on 29 August 2008 after an embarrassing defeat from AC Bellinzona in UEFA cup qualification match.[3]

Kuban Krasnodar

After that, Protasov took over FC Kuban Krasnodar in the nearby region of Russia. Kuban had been recently relegated to the Russian First League. Under Protasov's leadership, the club finished 2nd in the league, with an 8-point lead over their nearest competitors. This finish earned them right to be promoted to the Russian Premier League.

However FC Kuban was affected by the 2008 financial crisis, which greatly decreased the club's budget. In a mutual agreement with the club, Protasov left the club on 19 November 2008.[4]

Iraklis Thessaloniki

Then, he signed a two-year deal worth 400,000 euro per year with Iraklis Thessaloniki, starting from the summer of 2009. On 30 October, it was announced by Iraklis F.C. the termination of their contract, after 5 continual defeats in Super League and Greek Cup.

Astra Giurgiu

On 13 October 2014, Oleg became manager of FC Astra Giurgiu.[5] He was sacked on 2 March 2015.[6]

Aris Thessaloniki

Protasov agreed on a three years contract with Aris Thessaloniki, though Arvanitidis expulsion as head of the football department of the club, led to amateur Aris to terminate the deal after 15 minutes of its announcement.[7]

Personal life

Protasov is married to Natalia (née – Lemeshko), a daughter of Yevhen Lemeshko.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He is a naturalised citizen of Greece and is able to speak Greek, alongside English, Russian and his native Ukrainian.[8][9]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1982 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
1983 21 7 2 0 0 0 23 7
1984 34 17 2 2 6 0 42 19
1985 33 35 2 1 6 4 41 40
1986 23 17 1 1 2 0 26 18
1987 30 18 4 3 0 0 34 21
Dynamo Kyiv 1988 29 11 5 2 0 0 34 13
1989 26 7 6 2 3 1 35 10
1990 16 12 1 1 0 0 17 13
Olympiacos 1990–91 29 11 2 1 0 0 31 12
1991–92 21 15 6 3 0 0 27 18
1992–93 24 14 9 3 4 1 37 18
1993–94 9 8 4 1 1 0 14 9
Gamba Osaka 1994 27 11 4 4 3 0 34 15
1995 28 13 0 0 0 0 28 13
Veria 1997 30 4 4 1 0 0 34 5
1998 32 7 1 0 0 0 33 7
Proodeftiki 1998 28 5 0 0 0 0 28 5
Career total 444 213 53 25 25 6 522 244

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[11]
National team Year Apps Goals
Soviet Union 1984 5 2
1985 12 8
1986 3 0
1987 9 2
1988 18 10
1989 8 3
1990 11 3
1991 2 1
Total 68 29
Ukraine 1994 1 0
Total 1 0
Scores and results list the Soviet Union's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Protasov goal.
List of international goals scored by Oleh Protasov
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition

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Honours

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Dynamo Kyiv

Olympiacos

Soviet Union

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ Composition of teams at the Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.
  2. ↑ Protasov parting on good terms – uefa.com; Thursday 15 December 2005
  3. ↑ Protasov carries the can at Dnipro – uefa.com; Tuesday 2 September 2008
  4. ↑ Олег Протасов: "Все вопросы с "Кубанью" уладим без шума" (Oleh Protasov: "We will handle all questions with 'Kuban' without much noise" – ua-football.com Template:In lang 20 November 2008
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