Konstantin Viktorovich Yeryomenko, often transliterated as Eremenko (

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: Константин Викторович Ерёменко; 5 August 1970 – 18 March 2010) was a Russian

futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players each, one of whom is ...

player who was named the greatest futsal player of the 20th century.

Career

Yeryomenko played 11-a-side football in his youth, but began to play futsal in 1990. He played for Dina Moscow for 10 years, during which time he also became the all-time top scorer of the Russian national team. He became a key player in Russia's

1999 UEFA Futsal Championship The 1999 UEFA Futsal Championship was the second official edition of the UEFA-governed European Championship for national futsal teams. It was held in Spain, between 22 February and 28 February 1999, in one venue located in the city of Granada. ...

triumph, scoring the winning penalty in a shoot-out against hosts Spain. He was recognised by many as the greatest Russian futsal player of all time and throughout the futsal community as one of the game's legends.Obituary at UEFA website
accessed on 30 March 2010 After retiring from futsal in 2001, Yeryomenko went on to become president of

Dinamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

in 2002 and in 2003, he was elected as the first president of the

Russian Futsal Super League The Russian Futsal Superleague (russian: Чемпионат России по мини-футболу (Суперлига), Superliga; complete official name Parimatch-Russian Futsal Championship among the club teams of Superleague, russian: Па� ...

. In 2004, Yeryomenko became a member of the Federation Council of Russia.

Death

Konstantin Yeryomenko died from a

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while playing in a kickabout match. Despite having a history of heart problems, which were instrumental in his decision to retire from futsal and also necessitated surgery at the height of his playing career, he chose to defy doctors' orders and continued to play. He is buried in Moscow's

Troyekurovskoye Cemetery The Troyekurovo Cemetery (russian: Троекуровское кладбище, Troyekurovskoye kladbishche), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (russian: Ново-Кунцевское кладбище, Novo-Kuntsevskoye kladbishch ...

Honours

Club

* CIS Futsal League: 1992 *

(8): 1992/93, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00 * USSR Futsal Cup: 1990 * Russian Futsal Cup (7): 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 *

UEFA Futsal Champions League The UEFA Futsal Champions League is an annual futsal competition for European club teams organized by UEFA. It was founded as the UEFA Futsal Cup in 2001 and replaced the Futsal European Clubs Championship, an unofficial competition held since 198 ...

(3): 1995, 1997, 1999 *

Intercontinental Futsal Cup The Intercontinental Futsal Cup is an international club competition for futsal. This is a friendly competition and not a FIFA official trophy. A group of invited clubs from Europe and South America play 3 games against each other. These are gener ...

: 1997 * Legends Cup: 2009

International

* FIFA Futsal World Championship third place: 1996 *

UEFA Futsal Championship The UEFA European Futsal Championship is the main futsal competition of the men's national futsal teams governed by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations). History The first tournament was held in Spain in 1996 and featured only six t ...

winner:

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runner-up: 1996 *

third place: 2001

Individual

* Best Russian futsal player (7): 1992–1998 * 1132 goals scored in official games * Dina Moscow all-time top scorer (972) * Russian national team all-time top scorer (122) *

all-time top scorer (533) * Russian Futsal Cup all-time top scorer (210) * Russian Top League Cup all-time top scorer (46) *

and

all-time top scorer (61) * FIFA Futsal World Championship Silver Shoe: 1992 *

Golden Shoe: 1996, 1999 *

Best Player: 1999

References

External links

MFK Dinamo-Yamal squad
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yeryomenko, Konstantin 1970 births 2010 deaths Russian men's futsal players Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Soviet footballers Soviet Top League players Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery FC Dnipro players FC Alga Bishkek players FC Irtysh Pavlodar players Association football players who died while playing Footballers from Dnipro Sport deaths in Russia Association football midfielders Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)