Volodymyr Herashchenko ( uk, Володимир Васильович Геращенко; russian: Владимир Васильевич Геращенко; born 27 April 1968) is a Ukrainian professional

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coach and a former player.

Career

He made his professional debut in the

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 ...

in 1985 for

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...

. He became secretary general of the Ukrainian National Olympic Committee, but was suspended in May 2012 after being recorded offering a British newspaper reporter, posing as a

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, up to 100 Olympic tickets. He subsequently said he was 'humouring' the reporter and not really offering the tickets.

Honours

champion: 1988. * Soviet Top League runner-up: 1987, 1989. * Soviet Top League bronze: 1985. *

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS (Moldova ...

winner: 1989. *

USSR Super Cup The USSR Super Cup,, az, Futbol üzrə SSRİ Superkuboku, ka, საბჭოთა კავშირის სუპერთასი, sabch’ota k’avshiris sup’ertasi, lt, TSRS Futbolo Supertaurė, ro, Supercupa URSS, uk, Супер ...

winner: 1989. *

USSR Federation Cup The Cup of Football Federation of USSR, az, SSRİ Futbol Federasiyasının Kuboku, kk, КСРО футбол федерациялары кубогы, KSRO fwtbol federacïyaları kwbogı, lt, TSRS Futbolo Lygos Taurė, ro, Cupa Federației de ...

winner: 1989. * USSR Federation Cup finalist: 1990. *

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

runner-up: 1993, 1997. * Russian Premier League bronze: 1996. * Russian Cup finalist: 1995. *

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'') ...

bronze: 2001.

European club competitions

* UEFA Cup 1988–89 with

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...

: 1 game. * European Cup 1989–90 with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk: 6 games. * UEFA Cup 1990–91 with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk: 2 games. * UEFA Cup 1994–95 with

FC Rotor Volgograd SC Rotor Volgograd (russian: СK Ротор) is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club will play in the third-tier Russian Football National League 2 in the 2022–2 ...

: 2 games, 1 goal. *

UEFA Cup 1995–96 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs foo ...

with FC Rotor Volgograd: 3 games. *

UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 The 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Silkeborg, En Avant Guingamp, and Karlsruher SC. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. No English team took part in support of Tottenham Hotspur and Wimbledon initially getting banned by UEFA ...

with FC Rotor Volgograd: 3 games. * UEFA Cup 1997–98 with FC Rotor Volgograd: 5 games. *

UEFA Cup 1998–99 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...

with FC Rotor Volgograd: 2 games. *

UEFA Cup 2000–01 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs fo ...

with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk: 1 game.

References

1968 births Footballers from Dnipro Living people Russian footballers Association football defenders Ukrainian football managers Soviet footballers Ukrainian footballers Soviet Top League players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Dnipro players FC Rotor Volgograd players FC Amkar Perm players FC Zorya Luhansk players {{Ukraine-footy-defender-1960s-stub