Oleh Anatolyevich Taran ( uk, Олег Анатолійович Таран; born 11 January 1960) is a Ukrainian

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coach and former player. He was a prolific

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who possessed a powerful shot and was capable of dribbling quickly and precisely. In 1983, he was named the

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Honours

Player

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk *

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

: 1983, 1988; runner-up silver 1987; runner-up bronze 1984, 1985 'Wydad Casablanca * Moroccan League: 1990 Individual *

: 1983

Coach

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih *

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

runner-up bronze: 1998–99, 1999–2000 *

Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( uk, Кубок України) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003� ...

runner-up: 1999–2000

External links

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Profile on UkrSoccerHistory.com

Profile on football.odessa.ua

Profile on legioner.kulichki.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taran, Oleh 1960 births Living people People from Pokrov, Ukraine Sportspeople from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Ukrainian footballers Soviet footballers Association football forwards Soviet Top League players Ukrainian Premier League players Division 2 (Swedish football) players Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. players Liga Leumit players SC Odesa players FC Dnipro players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players PFC CSKA Moscow players Wydad AC players FC Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka players FC Dustlik players Ukrainian football managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Ukrainian Second League managers Slovak Super Liga managers FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih managers FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia managers ŠK Slovan Bratislava managers Soviet expatriate footballers Ukrainian expatriate footballers Ukrainian expatriate football managers Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate footballers in Morocco Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate footballers in Israel Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Sweden Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate football managers in Slovakia