Viktor Prokopenko

Viktor Prokopenko
Personal information
Full name	Viktor Yevhenovych Prokopenko
Date of birth	24 October 1944
Place of birth	Ukrainian SSR
Date of death	18 August 2007 (aged 62)
Place of death	Odesa, Ukraine
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1964–1967	GSFG team
1967–1968	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
1969–1970	Chornomorets Odesa
1971–1973	Shakhtar Donetsk
1973–1974	Lokomotyv Kherson
1974–1975	Chornomorets Odesa
Managerial career
1982–1986	Chornomorets Odesa
1987–1988	Rotor Volgograd
1989–1994	Chornomorets Odesa
1992	Ukraine
1994–1999	Rotor Volgograd
2000–2001	Shakhtar Donetsk
2002–2003	Dynamo Moscow
Constituency
People's Deputy of Ukraine
5th convocation
	In office; 25 May 2006 – 18 August 2007
Constituency	Party of Regions, No.45
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Viktor Prokopenko (

Ukrainian SSR including teams of the Soviet Top League

Career

Prokopenko was born in Zhdanov,

Moscow Higher School of Coaches

.

Prokopenko was the first manager of the Ukraine national team since dissolution of the Soviet Union. He also authored Flexibility, Strength, Endurance, a popular book on stretching.

Prokopenko was elected to the

Ukrainian parliament for the Party of Regions as no.45 on their election list in the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election.^[1]

Prokopenko died in Odesa after a heart attack. He was 62 years old.

As of match updated 12 September 2023

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Ukraine	29 April 1992	26 August 1992	3	0	1	2	000.00
Total			3	0	1	2	000.00