Oleg Salenko
{{Short description|Ukrainian-Russian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{family name hatnote|Anatolyevich|Salenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Oleg Salenko
| fullname = Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko
| image = O.Salenko.JPG
| caption = Salenko in 2014
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1969|10|25}}
| birth_place = Leningrad, Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union
| height = {{height|m=1.81}}
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Smena Leningrad
| years1 = 1986–1988
| years2 = 1989–1992
| years3 = 1993–1994
| years4 = 1994–1995
| years5 = 1995–1996
| years6 = 1996–1998
| years7 = 1999–2000
| years8 = 2000–2001
| years9 = 2005–2008
| clubs1 = Zenit
| clubs2 = Dynamo Kyiv
| clubs3 = Logroñés
| clubs4 = Valencia
| clubs5 = Rangers
| clubs6 = İstanbulspor
| clubs7 = Córdoba
| clubs8 = Pogoń Szczecin
| caps1 = 47
| goals1 = 10
| caps2 = 91
| goals2 = 28
| caps3 = 47
| goals3 = 23
| caps4 = 25
| goals4 = 7
| caps5 = 16
| goals5 = 7
| caps6 = 18
| goals6 = 11
| caps7 = 3
| goals7 = 0
| caps8 = 1
| goals8 = 0
| totalcaps = 248
| totalgoals = 86
| nationalyears1 = 1984–1991
| nationalyears2 = 1992
| nationalyears3 = 1993–1994
| nationalteam1 = Soviet Union U20
| nationalteam2 = Ukraine{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/double-caps.html|title=Players Appearing for Two or More Countries|website=RSSSF|access-date=10 July 2014}}
| nationalteam3 = Russia
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalcaps3 = 8
| nationalgoals3 = 6
|medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country| the {{fb|URS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-21 Championship}}
{{Medal|W|1990 Europe|}}
{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Under-18 Championship}}
{{Medal|W|1988 Czechoslovakia|}}
}}
Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko ({{langx|ru|Оле́г Анато́льевич Сале́нко}}, {{langx|uk|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.{{Cite web|url=https://football24.ua/ru/geroi_90h_oleg_salenko_s_gaskojnom_chokalsja_neodnokratno_on_ne_byl_alkogolikom_n153153/|title=Interview with Oleg Salenko|publisher=football24.ua}}
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.{{cn|date=February 2025}}
International career
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=
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=337/match=3079/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223035027/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=337/match=3079/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 February 2015|title=Russia 6-1 Cameroon|publisher=FIFA.com|date=28 June 1994|access-date=21 June 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/behind-the-world-cup-record-oleg-salenko-2877482|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621042927/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/behind-the-world-cup-record-oleg-salenko-2877482|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 June 2018|title=Behind the World Cup record: Oleg Salenko|publisher=FIFA.com|date=27 March 2017|access-date=21 June 2018}} 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.
Beach football
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.[http://beachsoccer.com.ua/ukr/vse_matchi.php List of matches of the national team in Ukrainian] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326015326/http://beachsoccer.com.ua/ukr/vse_matchi.php |date=26 March 2009 }} 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.{{cn|date=February 2025}}
Career statistics
=International=
Appearances and goals by national team and year{{NFT player|id=15111|accessdate=21 June 2018}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3" |Ukraine | |||
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total||1||0 | |||
| rowspan="4" |Russia | |||
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 7 | 6 | |
| Total||8||6 | |||
| colspan="2" |Career total
!9 !6 |
International goals
:Scores and results list Russia's goal tally first.
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | 24 June 1994 | Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, United States | {{fb|SWE}} | align=center | 1–0 | align="center" | 1–3 | 1994 FIFA World Cup |
| 2. | rowspan="5" | 28 June 1994 | rowspan="5" | Stanford Stadium, Stanford, United States | rowspan="5" | {{fb|CMR}} | align=center | 1–0 | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center" | 6–1 | rowspan="5" | 1994 FIFA World Cup |
| 3. | align=center | 2–0 | |||||
| 4. | align=center | 3–0 | |||||
| 5. | align=center | 4–1 | |||||
| 6. | align=center | 5–1 |
Honours
;Dynamo Kyiv
;Rangers
Individual
References
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External links
- {{NFT player|id=15111}}
- [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/salenko-intlg.html RSSSF]
- [http://rusteam.permian.ru/players/salenko.html Player profile] {{in lang|ru}}
- {{footballfacts.ru}}
- {{FFU}}
{{Russia Squad 1994 World Cup}}
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