Oleg Salenko
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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) |
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko (Russian: Оле́г Анато́льевич Сале́нко, 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 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He played for Zenit Leningrad, Dynamo Kyiv, Logroñés, Córdoba, Valencia, Rangers and İstanbulspor during his club career, that lasted from 1986 to 2000.
Eventually, he faded from the international football scene and finally had to end his career prematurely, at the age of 31, for injury reasons. 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.[citation needed]
International career
[edit | edit source]Salenko played for the Soviet Union under-20 team at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, becoming the tournament top scorer with 5 goals. He played a total of only nine international matches, including the Ukraine 1–3 Hungary friendly, which was the first international game for the Ukraine national football team to be recognised by FIFA. He also had eight appearances for Russia and scored six goals, all of them at the World Cup in which he was joint top scorer. His last international appearance was 6–1 win against Cameroon when he scored five times.
As of 2024, 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
[edit | edit source]Salenko set a World Cup record by scoring five goals in one game in Russia's 6–1 win against Cameroon on 28 June 1994.[3] He finished the 1994 World Cup with six goals, having scored from the penalty spot against Sweden in the previous match and shared the Golden Boot with Bulgarian Hristo Stoichkov after being knocked out in the first round and having played only three matches while Bulgaria played a total of seven matches and achieved a fourth-place finish.[4] As of 2022, Salenko is the only player ever to win the Golden Boot award on a team eliminated from the World Cup finals at the group stage.[4]
Beach football
[edit | edit source]In 2003, Salenko was appointed as manager of the Ukraine national beach soccer team. His team played three games, the only win being over USA 6–5, and losing the other two to Brazil and Spain. The tournament took place at the end of July in Portugal under the name Mundialito.[5] After the tournament, he was dismissed. He was later taking part of FFU assisting staff, but later stopped being involved in football to focus on his business.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Oleg Salenko was born in Leningrad (Today known as Saint Petersburg), Russia to a Russian father and Ukrainian mother. His son is a Ukrainian footballer Roman Salenko.[6] Oleg’s son made his debut with Dynamo Kiev, the second team Oleg played for, in November of 2024. [7]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]International
[edit | edit source]Appearances and goals by national team and year[8]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.[8]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 24 June 1994 | Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, United States | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1994 FIFA World Cup |
| 2. | 28 June 1994 | Stanford Stadium, Stanford, United States | File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon | 1–0 | 6–1 | |
| 3. | 2–0 | |||||
| 4. | 3–0 | |||||
| 5. | 4–1 | |||||
| 6. | 5–1 |
Honours
[edit | edit source]- Dynamo Kyiv
- Rangers
Individual
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External links
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- RSSSF
- Player profile (in Russian)
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- 1969 births
- Living people
- Russian emigrants to Ukraine
- Footballers from Saint Petersburg
- Men's association football forwards
- Soviet men's footballers
- Russian men's footballers
- Ukrainian men's footballers
- Soviet Top League players
- Scottish Football League players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Pogoń Szczecin players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Valencia CF players
- CD Logroñés footballers
- Córdoba CF players
- İstanbulspor footballers
- Süper Lig players
- 1994 FIFA World Cup players
- Soviet Union men's under-21 international footballers
- Ukraine men's international footballers
- Russia men's international footballers
- Russian expatriate men's footballers
- Russian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Russian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Russian people of Ukrainian descent
- Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- Dual internationalists (men's football)
- Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Russian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
- Russian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Russian expatriate football managers
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
- 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen