Oleg Aleksandrovich Oshenkov (; 27 May 1911 – 1 January 1976) was a Soviet

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player and

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. Merited Master of Sports of USSR (1953) Born in the Russian capital,

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, Oshenkov spent all of his playing career in the city, while most of it playing for

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. As coach and manager, he worked with several clubs, including

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and

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. In 1956 along with Anton Idzkovsky, Oshenkov was a head coach of the Ukraine national team at the Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.Football at the Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR
/ref> From 1971 through 1975 he chaired the Football Federation of Ukrainian SSR.

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1911 births 1976 deaths Ukrainian people of Russian descent Soviet men's footballers Footballers from Saint Petersburg Men's association football midfielders FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players Soviet football managers FC Dynamo Kyiv managers MFC Mykolaiv managers FC Shakhtar Donetsk managers FC Metalist Kharkiv managers Ukraine national football team managers Ukrainian Association of Football chairmen {{USSR-footy-bio-stub