Oleg Salenko
Oleg Anatoljevich Salenko (Russian Олег Анатольевич Саленко; born 25 October 1969 in Leningrad ) is a retired Russian football player.
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- 3.2 Custom
Playing career
Association
From 1986 to 1988 Salenko played for Zenit Leningrad. In his first year with the team Zenit occupied fourth place in the highest Soviet league. The following year, they made sure just the league. After Salenko developed into a regular player, he moved to the beginning of 1989 to League rival Dynamo Kiev. He was the first Soviet footballer, for a transfer fee when he moved within the country - 36,000 rubles, then about $ 55,000 - was paid. There he formed together with Oleh Protasov the strike partnership of the club. In his first year in Kiev, however, the attacker get only three hits. The team is ranked third in 1989. A year later they secured the Soviet Football Cup by a 6-1 victory against Lokomotiv Moscow. Here come Salenko three hits for his team. In addition, you could in the league, the four team CSKA Moscow, Dynamo and Torpedo and Spartak behind and win the championship. 1991, the last year of the Soviet League, ended for Salenko and Dynamo fifth. In 1992 the Ukrainian Premjer - Liha was launched. This was played in two seasons, with Kiev could prevail in Season B and Tawrija Simferopol in season A,. In a final between these two teams, the championship was played. Here Dynamo defeated with Salenko in the starting 0:1. After completion of the League Salenko moved to Spain, where he joined the Spanish club CD Logroñés joined. With his new club, the offensive player ever played against relegation from the Primera División. In the summer of 1994 he left the club and signed again at Valencia. There he competed in the storm center with Ljuboslaw Penev. After just one year, he left the city and joined Glasgow Rangers in Scotland, where he stayed only briefly and soon in Turkey wore the jersey of İstanbulspor A.Ş.. At that time he had already, so he got problems with injuries to only a few uses. 1999/ 00 he again tried his luck in Spain without being able to properly help the FC Córdoba. One last comeback attempt started Salenko at the Polish Club Pogoń Szczecin. However, this failed and he had to end his career. Finally, he had to end his career due to various injuries with only 31 years.
National
Salenko has already played in the youth teams of the USSR before he was inducted into the Russian A-team. In 1989, the striker part with the U- 20 at the Junior World Cup in 1989, where you failed in the quarterfinals to Nigeria on penalties. With five goals in four games Salenko became the top scorer of the competition.
Having dissolved the USSR stood for Salenko the question of which national team he should play. Since he just beach in Kiev under contract, he decided for the time being for the national team of Ukraine. For this he gave on 29 April 1992 against Hungary his debut.
But already in the following year the attacker ran again for his country when he first wore the shirt of the Russian national football team on 17 November 1993. 1994 Salenko was appointed to the squad for the World Cup 1994. At the World Cup Salenko then wrote history when he scored five goals against Cameroon ( Full 6:1) in the last game of the preliminary round, and thus next to Hristo Stoitchkov was top scorer of the World Cup, although Russia, in spite of this success was eliminated in the first round. With five hits in a game, he set a record for World Cup matches. This five-goal game was also the last match, played in the Salenko for Russia.
Coaching career
After his playing career Salenko was coach of the Ukrainian national beach soccer.
Achievements
Association
- Soviet football Cup with Dynamo Kiev: 1990
Individually
- Golden Boot winner of the FIFA World Cup: 1994
- Scorer in the U- 20 World Cup: 1989
Trivia
- 2010 moved Salenko in the attention when it became known that he wants his " Golden Boot " sell due to financial arrears.
- With five goals in a World Cup finals game Salenko is the record holder in this comparison.