Anatoliy Kon'kov

Anatoliy Konkov
Konkov in 2012
Personal information
Full name Anatoliy Dmytrovych Konkov
Date of birth (1949-09-19)19 September 1949
Place of birth Krasnyi Luch, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death 4 October 2024(2024-10-04) (aged 75)
Place of death Kyiv, Ukraine
Position(s) Midfielder, Stopper
Youth career
1959–1965 Avanhard Kramatorsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1967 Avanhard Kramatorsk
1968–1974 Shakhtar Donetsk 141 (20)
1975–1981 Dynamo Kyiv 193 (10)
International career
1971–1978 USSR 47 (8)
Managerial career
1982 Tavriya Simferopol (assistant)
1983–1984 Tavriya Simferopol
1986–1989 Shakhtar Donetsk
1990 Zenit Leningrad
1994 Ukraine U21
1995 Ukraine
1998 Mykolaiv
1998–2000 Vorskla Poltava
2000–2002 Stal Alchevsk
2003 Metalurh Donetsk (sporting director)
2004–2006 Inter Baku
2008–2012 Stal Alchevsk (sporting director)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal Team competition
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1972 Belgium
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anatoliy Konkov (Ukrainian: Анатолій Дмитрович Коньков; 19 September 1949 – 4 October 2024) was a Soviet football player from Ukraine and Soviet and later Ukrainian football manager. Native of Eastern Ukraine, he made a football career in Dynamo Kyiv of 1970s. He was honored as the Merited Master of Sports of the USSR (1982).[1] Konkov served as the President of the Football Federation of Ukraine in September 2012.[1]

Career

Konkov began his football career in Kramatorsk for local Avanhard and his first coach was Yuriy Nesterenko. Eventually he made it to the top performer of the region Shakhtar Donetsk where he played until 1974. He then moved to Dynamo Kyiv with which he won a few European honours.

During his playing career Konkov played in defense as a stopper. He won four Soviet championships, once was a holder of the Soviet Cup, UEFA Supercup, and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974-75.[1] He was a vice-champion of Europe'72, and received an Olympic bronze medal in 1976.

In 1979 Konkov played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[2]

After retiring as a player Konkov became a coach, coaching clubs of the Soviet Union, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan. On 2 September 2012 he was elected the President of the Football Federation of Ukraine,[1] becoming the second president after Viktor Bannikov who had a professional player career.

Death

On 4 October 2024, it was announced that Konkov had died at the age of 75.[3] He died in Kyiv and was buried at Baikove Cemetery.[4]

Managerial statistics

As of 27 September 2013.
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ukraine 25 March 1995 11 November 1995 7 3 0 4 8 13 −5 042.86

Honours and awards

Sports honours

State awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d Anatoliy Konkov takes over as FFU president Archived 14 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Football Federation of Ukraine (2 September 2012)
  2. ^ Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
  3. ^ https://www.facebook.com/UNNews (4 October 2024). "Legendary Ukrainian footballer and former coach Anatoliy Konkov dies | УНН". unn.ua. Retrieved 4 October 2024. {cite web}: |last= has generic name (help); External link in |last= (help)
  4. ^ Помер Анатолій Коньков…
  5. ^ "Указ президента Украины N 795/2004". Archived from the original on 10 June 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  6. ^ Указ Президента України № 299/2015 від 29 травня 2015 року "Про відзначення державними нагородами України ветеранів команди товариства «Футбольний клуб „Динамо“ Київ»"
  7. ^ "Указ Президента України № 446/2020 від 14 жовтня 2020 року "Про відзначення державними нагородами України ветеранів команди товариства «Футбольний клуб "Динамо" Київ»". Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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