Viktor Onopko

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox football biography Viktor Savelyevich Onopko (Template:Langx; born 14 October 1969) is a former Russian football defender. He is the assistant manager of both FC Rostov in the Russian Premier League and the Russia national team.

As a player, Onopko held the record for most international appearances for the Russia national team until 2015.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Club careerEdit

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

International careerEdit

Eligible to play for both the Ukrainian and Russian national teams, Onopko chose the latter (unlike his brother Sergey, who opted to play for Ukraine). He amassed 109 caps (plus 4 for the CIS, including in the 1992 Euros). He played in the 1994 and 2002 world cups, as well as 1996 Euros. Onopko was in the preliminary squad for Euro 2004 but was dropped due to injury. With the national team, in 2003 he won the Cyprus friendly tournament<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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

Coaching careerEdit

Onopko worked for 11 years as an assistant coach for CSKA Moscow.

On 26 July 2021, he was hired as an assistant to Valeri Karpin in the Russia national team.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In February 2022, after FIFA and UEFA suspended Russian clubs and the national teams from international competitions amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Karpin returned as manager to FC Rostov and hired Onopko as his assistant there as well.<ref name="FIFASuspencion">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

Personal lifeEdit

Onopoko was born in Voroshilovgrad (now called Lugansk) in the Soviet Union. Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, he acquired both Ukrainian and Russian citizenships.

Viktor has a younger brother, Serhiy, who also played as a professional footballer.

Career statisticsEdit

ClubEdit

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stakhanovets Stakhanov	1986	4	0	0	0	—		4	0
Shakhtar Donetsk	1986	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	1987	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	1988	3	0	1	0	—		4	0
	Total	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
Dinamo Kyiv	1989	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Shakhtar Donetsk	1990	21	0	3	1	—		24	1
	1991	24	1	1	0	—		25	1
	Total	45	1	4	1	0	0	49	2
Spartak Moscow	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
	Total	108	23	10	1	27	5	145	29
Real Oviedo	1995–96	19	1	—		—		19	1
	1996–97	37	0	1	0	—		38	0
	1997–98	31	0	—		—		31	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
	Total	216	7	5	0	0	0	221	7
Rayo Vallecano	2002–03	28	1	1	0	—		29	1
Alania Vladikavkaz	2003	7	0	1	0	—		8	0
Saturn Ramenskoye	2004	26	1	5	0	—		31	1
	2005	25	0	2	0	—		27	0
	Total	51	1	7	0	0	0	58	1
Career total		458	33	29	2	27	5	514	40

International goalsEdit

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	18 February 1993	Los Angeles, United States	Template:Fb	1–0	2–1	Friendly
2.	11 October 1995	Moscow, Russia	Template:Fb	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
3.	5 September 1998	Kyiv, Ukraine	Template:Fb	2–3	2–3	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
4.	31 March 1999	Moscow, Russia	Template:Fb	3–0	6–1
5.	8 September 1999	Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Template:Fb	1–0	2–1
6.	8 September 1999	Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Template:Fb	2–1	2–1
7.	16 October 2002	Volvograd, Russia	Template:Fb	3–1	4–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying