Anatoliy Konkov (; 19 September 1949 – 4 October 2024) was a Soviet football player from Ukraine and Soviet and later Ukrainian football manager. Native of Eastern Ukraine, he made a football career in Dynamo Kyiv of 1970s. He was honored as the

Merited Master of Sports of the USSR Unified All-Russian Sports Classification () is a system which regulates the Russian physical education system requirements for both athletes and coaches. History In the Soviet period Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR () exist ...

(1982). Konkov served as the President of the

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in September 2012.Anatoliy Konkov takes over as FFU president
,

(2 September 2012)

Career

Konkov began his football career in

Kramatorsk Kramatorsk (, ; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Kramatorsk Raion in Donetsk Oblast of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Prior to 2020, Kramatorsk was a city of oblast significance. Since October 2014, Kramatorsk has been the ...

for local Avanhard and his first coach was Yuriy Nesterenko. Eventually he made it to the top performer of the region

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where he played until 1974. He then moved to Dynamo Kyiv with which he won a few European honours. During his playing career Konkov played in defense as a ''stopper''. He won four Soviet championships, once was a holder of the

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, and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974-75. He was a vice-champion of Europe'72, and received an Olympic bronze medal in 1976. In 1979 Konkov played couple of games for

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. After retiring as a player Konkov became a coach, coaching clubs of the Soviet Union,

, and

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. On 2 September 2012 he was elected the President of the Football Federation of Ukraine, becoming the second president after

Viktor Bannikov Viktor Maksymovych Bannikov (, ; 28 April 1938 – 25 April 2001) was a Ukrainian football official and a Soviet player. He was considered one of the best goalkeepers in the Soviet Union earning the title of the best twice in 1964 and 1970. B ...

who had a professional player career.

Death

On 4 October 2024, it was announced that Konkov had died at the age of 75. He died in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

and was buried at

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Managerial statistics

Honours and awards

Sports honours

* Soviet Football Championship ** Winner (4): 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981 ** Runner-up (2): 1976 (a), 1978 * Soviet Football Cup ** Winner (1): 1978 *

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European association football, football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renam ...

** Winner (1): 1975 *

UEFA Super Cup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup Association football, football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions: the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's offic ...

** Winner (1): 1975 *

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** Runner-up (1): 1972 *

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...

** Bronze medal recipient: 1976

State awards

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** 3rd Class (2004), 2nd Class (2015), 1st Class (2020)

References

External links

Short career overview at ukrsoccerhistory.com with photo
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