Oleh Mykhaylovych Matvyeyev (; born 18 August 1970) is a Ukrainian former
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
.
Career
One of the most successful strikers at the start of the
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system.
Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...
. In 1997, he won the title of the League top scorer with 21 tallies. Together with
Serhiy Atelkin they were the best tandem nationwide. Under the Soviet Union, Matvyeyev and Atelkin played in the
Soviet Union U-16 football team. He is a staff member of
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ...
.
Personal life
His son
Kyrylo is also a professional football player.
Career statistics
Club
References
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Posted on the Shakhtar's desk of honor as the League top scorer
External links
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Living people
1970 births
Footballers from Rostov-on-Don
Soviet men's footballers
Ukrainian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
FC Rostov players
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
FC Kremin Kremenchuk players
FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk players
FC Metalurh Donetsk players
FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk players
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players
FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia players
Soviet Top League players
Soviet First League players
Ukrainian Premier League players
Ukrainian First League players
Ukrainian Second League players
Ukrainian football managers
Ukrainian Premier League top scorers
FC Shakhtar Donetsk non-playing staff
20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen
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