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Oleh Protasov

Oleh Protasov
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Personal information
Full name Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov
Date of birth (1964-02-04) 4 February 1964 (age 52)
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.

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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