Oleg Salenko
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko | ||
Date of birth | 25 October 1969 | ||
Place of birth |
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Smena Leningrad | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1988 | Zenit | 47 | (10) |
1989–1992 | Dynamo Kyiv | 91 | (28) |
1993–1994 | Logroñés | 47 | (23) |
1994–1995 | Valencia | 25 | (7) |
1995–1996 | Rangers | 16 | (7) |
1996–1998 |
İstanbulspor | 18 | (11) |
1999–2000 | Córdoba | 3 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Pogoń Szczecin | 1 | (0) |
Total | 248 | (86) | |
International career | |||
1984–1991 | Soviet Union U20 | 4 | (5) |
1992 | Ukraine[1] | 1 | (0) |
1993–1994 | Russia | 8 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko (Russian: Олег Анатольевич Саленко, Ukrainian: Олег Анатолійович Саленко; born 25 October 1969) is a Russian-Ukrainian former footballer who played as a forward. He scored a record five goals in a group-stage match in the 1994 World Cup, helping him earn the Golden Boot as joint-top tournament goalscorer.[2]
Club career
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Salenko was born to a Ukrainian father and a Russian mother in
Eventually, he faded from the international football scene and finally had to end his career prematurely, at the age of 31, for health reasons stemming from injuries. Salenko returned to playing professional football in the 2000–01 season and signed for Pogoń Szczecin. He retired after playing a single game due to his physical conditioning.
International career
Salenko played for the
As of 2022, he is the only player to win the Golden Boot at both the U-20 World Cup and FIFA World Cup.
1994 FIFA World Cup
Salenko set a
Beach football
In 2003, Salenko was appointed as manager of the
Career statistics
International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Ukraine | |||
1992 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 | |
Russia | |||
1993 | 1 | 0 | |
1994 | 7 | 6 | |
Total | 8 | 6 | |
Career total | 9 | 6 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.[6]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 24 June 1994 | Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, United States | Sweden | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1994 FIFA World Cup |
2. | 28 June 1994 | Stanford Stadium, Stanford, United States | Cameroon | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1994 FIFA World Cup |
3. | 2–0 | |||||
4. | 3–0 | |||||
5. | 4–1 | |||||
6. | 5–1 |
Honours
- Dynamo Kyiv
- Soviet Top League: 1990
- 1990
- Rangers
- 1996
Individual
- FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Shoe: 1989
- FIFA World Cup Golden Boot: 1994
References
- ^ "Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ "Interview with Oleg Salenko". football24.ua.
- ^ "Russia 6-1 Cameroon". FIFA.com. 28 June 1994. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Behind the World Cup record: Oleg Salenko". FIFA.com. 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ List of matches of the national team in Ukrainian Archived 26 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Oleg Salenko". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
External links
- Oleg Salenko at National-Football-Teams.com
- RSSSF
- Player profile (in Russian)
- Oleg Salenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Oleg Salenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)