Oleg Protasov
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov | ||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1972–1981 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1987 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 145 | (95) |
| 1987–1990 | Dynamo Kyiv | 71 | (30) |
| 1990–1994 | Olympiakos Piraeus | 83 | (48) |
| 1994–1996 | Gamba Osaka | 55 | (24) |
| 1996–1998 | Veria | 62 | (11) |
| 1998–1999 | Proodeftiki | 28 | (5) |
| 1999–2000 | Panelefsiniakos | 2 | (1) |
| Total | 446 | (214) | |
| National team | |||
| 1984–1991 | Soviet Union | 68 | (29) |
| 1993–1994 | Ukraine | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002–2004 | Olympiacos Piraeus | ||
| 2004–2005 | AEL Limassol | ||
| 2005 | Steaua Bucureşti | ||
| 2006–2008 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ||
| 2008 | Kuban Krasnodar | ||
| 2009 | Iraklis Thessaloniki | ||
| 2010–2011 | Rostov | ||
| 2012 | Astana | ||
| 2012–2013 | Dinamo Minsk | ||
| 2014–2015 | Astra Giurgiu | ||
| 2015 | Aris Thessaloniki | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov (Ukrainian: Олег Валерійович Протасов, born 4 February 1964, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) is a former Ukrainian footballer who played as a striker. He was a key member of the Soviet Union national team throughout the 1980s; his 29 goals for the Soviet Union are second in the team's history, behind Oleh 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.
Between October 2014 and March 2015, he was the head coach of Romanian club Astra Giurgiu.
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 Olympiakos in 1994, he played in Gamba Osaka, Veria FC, and finally Proodeftiki FC, from where he retired in 1999.
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