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]
 Konkov in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Anatoliy Dmytrovych Konkov | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 September 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Krasnyi Luch, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 4 October 2024 (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
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Career
editKonkov 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
editOn 4 October 2024, it was announced that Konkov had died at the age of 75.[3] He died in Kyiv.[4]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of 27 September 2013.
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Ukraine | 25 March 1995 | 11 November 1995 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | −5 | 42.86 |
Honours and awards
editSports honours
edit- Soviet Football Championship
- Winner (4): 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981
- Runner-up (2): 1976 (a), 1978
- Soviet Football Cup
- Winner (1): 1978
- UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
- Winner (1): 1975
- UEFA Super Cup
- Winner (1): 1975
- UEFA Euro
- Runner-up (1): 1972
- Summer Olympics
- Bronze medal recipient: 1976
State awards
editReferences
edit- ^ 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)
- ^ Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/UNNews (4 October 2024). "Legendary Ukrainian footballer and former coach Anatoliy Konkov dies | УНН". unn.ua. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
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- ^ "Указ президента Украины N 795/2004". Archived from the original on 10 June 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ^ Указ Президента України № 299/2015 від 29 травня 2015 року "Про відзначення державними нагородами України ветеранів команди товариства «Футбольний клуб „Динамо“ Київ»"[dead link]
- ^ "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.
External links
edit- Short career overview at ukrsoccerhistory.com with photo
- Profile at rusteam.permian.ru Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- Anatoliy Konkov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Anatoliy Konkov at WorldFootball.net
- Anatoliy Konkov at National-Football-Teams.com
- Anatoliy Konkov at kicker (in German)
- Anatoliy Konkov at EU-Football.info
- Anatoliy Konkov at Olympedia
