Viktor Onopko

Victor Onopko distinguished himself both with the talents of the game on grass and the abilities of the manager. The athlete was appointed captain of Spartak and the national team. They say that not a single small thing escaped from the attention of the demanding Ukrainian. And the man tried to create a warm family atmosphere in the club "red and white" - recorded the dates of birth of all players and prepared for the holiday in advance. The sports destiny of the footballer consists of throwing from club to club. Victor's track record includes about a dozen organizations, including foreign FC.

Victor is originally from Luhansk. He was born into a working family: his father worked in a machine-building plant, my mother worked right there in the canteen. Onopko is a family with many children: Victor has a sister Daria and older brother Sergei, who also made a career as a footballer, became the vice-champion of Ukraine three times and twice held the Cup of his native country.

The fact that the children chose the sports path is a credit to the father. The head of the family was an avid fan of the game on the grass, constantly told his sons about the brilliant footballers of the past, devoted to the subtleties of skill. And I was very happy that the heirs gradually imbued with this sport.

9-year-old Vitya went to "record football" in the sports school "Dawn" rattling the entire Soviet Union. Famous players Aleksandr Savarov, Sergey Yuran, Sergey Semak, who played for the national team in different years, came out of its walls.

From Dawn, the budding young footballer was invited to Shakhtar Donetsk, the main team of eastern Ukraine. It is noteworthy that until now Vitya hesitated whether to associate fate with football. In the interview he confessed that only Shakhtar realized that the game could become the meaning of his life.

When it came time to pay the debt to his homeland, the novice footballer was taken to Dynamo's army. But he missed the whole season in the youth squad due to injury. Then he briefly returned to his native Shakhtar. Dynamo coach Valery Lobanovskiy wanted to keep a promising defender, but he promised the former coach to return "home".

In the years of perestroika, the Pitmen were distinguished by a strong, talented squad and would have managed to compete at the Union Championship. But the USSR ordered a long life. Athletes rushed, changing clubs and even national teams with citizenship. So in the biography of Onopko began serious changes. Victor was invited by Oleg Romantsev to his wards in Moscow's Spartak.

The Ukrainian accepted the offer because he really wanted to go to the European Championship, which was planned in Sweden. But football circles did not understand the idea of Romantsev. Lobanovsky's students had other skills of the game, which have little to do with the strategy of "red and white."

However, the Spartak coach was not mistaken. Tall, strong (at the height of 189 cm weighed 80 kg) Victor harmoniously fit into the team in the position of a supporting midfielder, in the first season of the young man magazine "Football" recognized the best Russian player. And soon put on the captain's armband, showing brilliant organizational skills.

Onopko played four seasons with Spartak. Nostalgia remembers those times. He says the atmosphere was friendly, the team celebrated the birthdays of each player and went out for picnics in nature.

After the Muscovites won six Champions League games in 1995, Victor was hit by a wave of offers from European clubs. Atletico, Werder Bremen and even Chelsea wanted to get the player. As a result, Onopko found himself with the Spaniards in the modest Real Oviedo, where he also rapidly became the leader of the team and its captain.

Here the player scored few goals, but being in the role of central defender, coped with the tasks perfectly. Twice he was awarded the title of the best defensive player from Don Balon magazine.

With the stay of the Spaniards is associated with an unpleasant moment: on the threshold of the new millennium Victor did not receive a salary for two years, the debt amounted to 1.6 million, but still continued to sign contracts. Oviedo was also remembered by the fact that he scored an autogoal for the first time in his career.

In 2002, Rayo Vallecano, where Fernando Vazquez was the coach, took over the player. The club expected to stay in the elite division of the country, but failed.

Onopko returned to his homeland, where he was immediately picked up by the Spartak-Alania team. The transfer was recognized as the most high-profile acquisition of 2003. In the Vladikavkaz club Victor received a t-shirt with the number 77, considered happy in "Alania" - the previous owner Mikhail Ashvetia scored seven goals during the second round of the championship. Victor helped the team to stay in the Premier League.

The last of the clubs for which Victor Onopko played was Ramen Saturn. In the spring of 2006 he put an end to his playing career.

The talented footballer was in demand among the coaches of national teams. Victor appeared at three games for the Ussr Olympic team, played four matches for the CIS national team and took to the field 109 times with the players of the Russian national team, where he again put on the captain's armband. According to the latest indicator, the athlete has long remained a record holder. In total, Victor scored seven goals for the Russian national team.

Fans will not forget the first games of international level with Onopko. In the European Championship (1992) the CIS team drew with the Germans, who at that time were the status of world champions, the Dutch champions of Europe, but lost to the weak Scots. Against the background of this strange championship Victor distinguished himself by the fact that he outplayed the famous Rued Gullit. The Dutchman told the press:

Victor has long been bound by marriage. His wife Natalia is a master of sports in rhythmic gymnastics, the daughter of a well-known Soviet football player and referee Viktor Svyagintsev. The family had two children, a son Vitaly and a daughter Eugenie.

Eugene from a young age is passionate about rhythmic gymnastics, and in 2010 even competed at the Olympic Games as part of the Spanish national team.

Victor is not active in social networks. Rare photos with him flash on the official page of CSKA on Instagram.

After the end of his playing career, the defender turned into Viktor Saveljtich, joining the Russian Football Union. At the same time he studied at the school of coaches, and in 2009 joined the ranks of the headquarters of CSKA coaches. Victor Onopko still works in the army club.

Before the World Cup, which was held in Russia in the summer of 2018, the coach of CSKA, like many colleagues, shared with journalists expectations of the games. According to Viktor Savelich, the national team has good players - Fedor Smolov, Alan Dzagoev, Alexander Golovin. He especially singled out the latter, believing that he has everything to prove himself at the World Cup. And Onopko was right.

Three-time Russian champion 1992, 1994 - Russian Cup 1993 - Commonwealth Cup 2009 - Cup of Legends

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