Viktor Panchenko

{{short description|Russian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Viktor Panchenko

| fullname = Viktor Vyacheslavovich Panchenko

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|5|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Georgiyevsk, Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR

| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| currentclub = SKA Rostov-on-Don (sporting director)

| clubnumber =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = DYuSSh Georgiyevsk

| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Mashuk Pyatigorsk

| years1 = 1980

| clubs1 = Mashuk Pyatigorsk

| caps1 = 0

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1980–1981

| clubs2 = Dynamo Stavropol

| caps2 = 0

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1981

| clubs3 = Turbina Naberezhnye Chelny

| caps3 = 4

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1982

| clubs4 = Trud-PRZ Brezhnev

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| years5 = 1983

| clubs5 = Dinamo Tallin

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| years6 = 1983–1984

| clubs6 = Geolog Tyumen

| caps6 = 0

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1984

| clubs7 = Dinamo Tallin

| caps7 =

| goals7 =

| years8 = 1985–1986

| clubs8 = Sport Tallinn

| caps8 = 51

| goals8 = 9

| years9 = 1987–1988

| clubs9 = Metallurg Lipetsk

| caps9 = 71

| goals9 = 51

| years10 = 1988–1989

| clubs10 = Lokomotiv Moscow

| caps10 = 11

| goals10 = 1

| years11 = 1989

| clubs11 = Tsement Novorossiysk

| caps11 = 18

| goals11 = 15

| years12 = 1990–1991

| clubs12 = Metallurg Lipetsk

| caps12 = 48

| goals12 = 13

| years13 = 1991–1997

| clubs13 = KAMAZ-Chally

| caps13 = 97

| goals13 = 58

| years14 = 1994–1997

| clubs14 = KAMAZ-Chally-d

| caps14 = 15

| goals14 = 3

| years15 = 1997

| clubs15 = Torpedo Georgiyevsk

| caps15 = 12

| goals15 = 2

| totalcaps = 327

| totalgoals = 142

| manageryears1 = 1998

| managerclubs1 = Torpedo Georgiyevsk (general director)

| manageryears2 = 1999

| managerclubs2 = Torpedo Georgiyevsk

| manageryears3 = 2008–2010

| managerclubs3 = CSKA Moscow (head scout)

| manageryears4 = 2010–2012

| managerclubs4 = Dynamo Moscow (head scout)

| manageryears5 = 2013–2015

| managerclubs5 = Khimki (sporting director)

| manageryears6 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs6 = Lokomotiv Moscow (head scout)

| manageryears7 = 2019–2021

| managerclubs7 = SKA Rostov-on-Don (sporting director)

| manageryears8 = 2022

| managerclubs8 = Novosibirsk (sporting director)

| manageryears9 = 2023–

| managerclubs9 = SKA Rostov-on-Don (sporting director)

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Viktor Vyacheslavovich Panchenko ({{langx|ru|Ви́ктор Вячесла́вович Па́нченко}}) is a Russian football official and a former player who was the top scorer of the Russian Top Division in 1993. He scored 21 goals for KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny. He is the sporting director for SKA Rostov-on-Don.

Viktor Panchenko shares the record for most goals in a match of Russian Premier League, having scored five against Spartak Vladikavkaz on 26 March 1994. The only other players to achieve this are Oleg Veretennikov and Mateo Cassierra.{{cite web|publisher=Russian Premier League|url=https://premierliga.ru/news/rfpl/news_30753.html|title=Матео Кассьерра – автор первого пента-трика в истории РПЛ|date=19 May 2024|language=ru}} Panchenko is the third best all-time goalscorer for KAMAZ (57 goals).

After finishing his player career Panchenko became a FIFA agent. On 6 December 2010 he was appointed the head scout of Dynamo Moscow.[http://fcdynamo.ru/material.php?id=5742 КАДРОВЫЕ ПЕРЕСТАНОВКИ В "ДИНАМО"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231202241/http://fcdynamo.ru/material.php?id=5742 |date=December 31, 2010 }}

His son Kirill Panchenko is a professional footballer.