Viktor Prokopenko
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Viktor Yevhenovych Prokopenko | ||
| Date of birth | 24 October 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Zhdanov, Soviet Union | ||
| Date of death | 18 August 2007 (aged 62) | ||
| Place of death | Odessa, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1967 | Soviet Army Team (DDR) | ? | (?) |
| 1967–1968 | Lokomotiv Vinnytsia | 43 | (5) |
| 1969–1970 | Chornomorets | 49 | (7) |
| 1971–1973 | Shakhtar | 45 | (14) |
| 1973–1974 | Lokomotiv Kherson | ? | (5) |
| 1974–1975 | Chornomorets | 17 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1982–1986 | Chornomorets | ||
| 1987–1988 | Rotor | ||
| 1989–1994 | Chornomorets | ||
| 1992 | Ukraine | ||
| 1994–1999 | Rotor | ||
| 2000–2001 | Shakhtar | ||
| 2002–2003 | Dynamo Moscow | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
| People's Deputy of Ukraine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th convocation | ||||
| May 25, 2006 – August 18, 2007 | ||||
| Elected as: Party of Regions, No.45[1] | ||||
Viktor Prokopenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Прокопенко) (24 October 1944 – 18 August 2007) was a football (soccer) player and coach who played in GDR and Ukrainian SSR and later worked as a coach in Russia and Ukraine.
Career
He was born in Zhdanov, Soviet Union, which is now known as Mariupol and is part of Ukraine.[2] In 1975 he graduated from the Odessa State Pedagogical Institute of Ushynsky and later the Moscow Higher School of Coaches.
Prokopenko was the first ever manager of the Ukraine national football team. Prokopenko also authored Flexibility, Strength, Endurance, a popular book on stretching.
Prokopenko was elected (as an independent candidate) into the Ukrainian parliament in the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election for Party of Regions (as no.45 on their election list).[1]
Prokopenko died in Odessa after a heart attack. He was 62 years old.
References
- 1 2 "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the V convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ↑ Viktor Prokopenko passed away