Oleh Protasov

Oleh Protasov
Protasov in 2011
Personal information
Full name Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov
Date of birth (1964-02-04) 4 February 1964
Place of birth Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
1972–1974 Meteor Dnipropetrovsk (SC Meteor)
1975–1981 Dnipro-75 (FC Dnipro)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1987 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 145 (95)
1988–1990 Dynamo Kyiv 71 (30)
1990–1994 Olympiacos 83 (48)
1994–1995 Gamba Osaka 55 (24)
1996–1998 Veria 62 (11)
1998–1999 Proodeftiki 28 (5)
1999–2000 Panelefsiniakos 2 (1)
Total 446 (214)
International career
1984–1991 Soviet Union 68 (29)
1994 Ukraine 1 (0)
Managerial career
1999–2000 Veria
2002–2004 Olympiacos
2004–2005 AEL Limassol
2005 Steaua București
2006–2008 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2008 Kuban Krasnodar
2009 Iraklis
2010–2011 Rostov
2012 Astana
2012–2013 Dinamo Minsk
2014–2015 Astra Giurgiu
2015 Aris
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1988 West Germany
UEFA European U-19 Championships
1982 Finland
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov (Ukrainian: Олег Валерійович Протасов; born 4 February 1964) is a Ukrainian and Soviet former footballer who played as a striker. He was a key member of the Soviet Union national team throughout the 1980s; his 29 goals for the Soviet Union are second in the team's history, behind Oleg Blokhin's 42. Protasov also holds the record for the number of goals per season by scoring 35 goals. It should be considered that his first name is often spelled as Oleg on most international rosters, particularly during his playing career (Russification of Ukraine).