Oleh Protasov

Oleh Protasov (born February 4, 1964) is a former Ukrainian football player. He has played for the Soviet Union national team and the Ukrainian national team.

Oleh Protasov

Personal information
Full name	Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov
Date of birth	4 February 1964 (aged 61)
Place of birth	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1972–1981	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1987	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	145	(95)
1987–1990	Dynamo Kyiv	71	(30)
1990–1994	Olympiacos	83	(48)
1994–1996	Gamba Osaka	55	(24)
1996–1998	Veria	62	(11)
1998–1999	Proodeftiki	28	(5)
1999–2000	Panelefsiniakos	2	(1)
Total		446	(214)
National team
1984–1991	Soviet Union	68	(29)
1993–1994	Ukraine	1	(0)
Teams managed
2002–2004	Olympiacos
2004–2005	AEL Limassol
2005	Steaua Bucureşti
2006–2008	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2008	Kuban Krasnodar
2009	Iraklis Thessaloniki
2010–2011	Rostov
2012	Astana
2012–2013	Dinamo Minsk
2014–2015	Astra Giurgiu
2015	Aris Thessaloniki
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1982	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
	1983	21	7	2	0	0	0	23	7
	1984	34	17	2	2	6	0	42	19
	1985	33	35	2	1	6	4	41	40
	1986	23	17	1	1	2	0	26	18
	1987	30	18	4	3	0	0	34	21
Dynamo Kyiv	1988	29	11	5	2	0	0	34	13
	1989	26	7	6	2	3	1	35	10
	1990	16	12	1	1	0	0	17	13
Olympiacos	1990–91	29	11	2	1	0	0	31	12
	1991–92	21	15	6	3	0	0	27	18
	1992–93	24	14	9	3	4	1	37	18
	1993–94	9	8	4	1	1	0	14	9
Gamba Osaka	1994	27	11	4	4	3	0	34	15
	1995	28	13	0	0	0	0	28	13
Veria	1997	30	4	4	1	0	0	34	5
	1998	32	7	1	0	0	0	33	7
Proodeftiki	1998	28	5	0	0	0	0	28	5
Career total		444	213	53	25	25	6	522	244

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Soviet Union	1984	5	2
	1985	12	8
	1986	3	0
	1987	9	2
	1988	18	10
	1989	8	3
	1990	11	3
	1991	2	1
Total		68	29
Ukraine	1994	1	0
Total		1	0

Scores and results list the Soviet Union's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Protasov goal.

List of international goals scored by Oleh Protasov

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 May 1984	Kouvolan keskuskenttä, Kouvola, Finland	Finland	3–1	3–1	Friendly
2	2 June 1984	Wembley Stadium (1923), London, England	England	2–0	2–0	Friendly
3	28 January 1985	Maharaja College Stadium, Kochi, India	Iran	2–0	2–0	Nehru Cup 1985
4	27 March 1985	Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi, Soviet Union	Austria	2–0	2–0	Friendly
5	2 May 1985	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union	Switzerland	1–0	4–0	1986 World Cup qualification
6	2 May 1985	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union	Switzerland	2–0	4–0	1986 World Cup qualification
7	5 June 1985	Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	1–2	2–4	1986 World Cup qualification
8	7 August 1985	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union	Romania	1–0	2–0	Friendly
9	25 September 1985	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union	Denmark	1–0	1–0	1986 World Cup qualification
10	16 October 1985	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union	Ireland	2–0	2–0	1986 World Cup qualification
11	23 September 1987	Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union	Greece	2–0	3–0	Friendly
12	28 October 1987	Lokomotiv Stadium (Tavriya), Simferopol, Soviet Union	Iceland	2–0	2–0	Euro 1988 qualifying
13	23 March 1988	Olympic Stadium (Athens), Athens, Greece	Greece	1–0	4–0	Friendly
14	23 March 1988	Olympic Stadium (Athens), Athens, Greece	Greece	3–0	4–0	Friendly
15	23 March 1988	Olympic Stadium (Athens), Athens, Greece	Greece	4–0	4–0	Friendly
16	31 March 1988	Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Berlin, West Germany	Argentina	3–1	4–2	Four Nations Tournament
17	31 March 1988	Olympic Stadium (Berlin), Berlin, West Germany	Argentina	4–2	4–2	Four Nations Tournament
18	27 April 1988	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Czechoslovakia	Czechoslovakia	1–1	1–1	Friendly
19	1 June 1988	Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow), Moscow, Soviet Union	Poland	2–1	2–1	Friendly
20	15 June 1988	AWD-Arena, Hanover, West Germany	Ireland	1–1	1–1	Euro 1988 Group Stage
21	22 June 1988	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, West Germany	Italy	2–0	2–0	Euro 1988 Semi-finals
22	27 November 1988	Al-Sadaqua Walsalam Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	1–0	2–0	Friendly
23	26 April 1989	Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Soviet Union	East Germany	3–0	3–0	1990 World Cup qualification
24	15 November 1989	Lokomotiv Stadium (Tavriya), Simferopol, Soviet Union	Turkey	1–0	2–0	1990 World Cup qualification
25	15 November 1989	Lokomotiv Stadium (Tavriya), Simferopol, Soviet Union	Turkey	2–0	2–0	1990 World Cup qualification
26	24 February 1990	Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, United States of America	United States	3–1	3–1	Friendly
27	28 March 1990	Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Soviet Union	Netherlands	1–0	2–1	Friendly
28	18 June 1990	Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy	Cameroon	1–0	4–0	World Cup 1990 Group Stage
29	13 November 1991	GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–0	3–0	Euro 1992 qualifying

Honours

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

• Soviet Top League: 1983
• USSR Federation Cup: 1986

Dynamo Kyiv

• Soviet Top League: 1990
• Soviet Cup: 1989–90

Olympiacos

• Greek Cup: 1991–92

Soviet Union

• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1988

Individual

• ADN Eastern European Footballer of the Season: 1985
• Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1987
• Soviet Top League top scorer: 1985, 1987, 1990
• UEFA Silver Boot: 1984
• Gazeta Sporturilor Romania Coach of the Year: 2005

Other websites

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• RSSSF