Oleh Anatolyevich Taran (; born 11 January 1960) is a Ukrainian

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coach and former player. He was a prolific forward who possessed a powerful shot and was capable of dribbling quickly and precisely. In 1983, he was named the Ukrainian Footballer of the Year.

Honours

Player

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk *

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

Coach

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih *

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

Ukrainian Cup The Ukrainian Cup ( ) 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 2003–04 season, the Cup winner qu ...

runner-up: 1999–2000

References

External links

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Profile on UkrSoccerHistory.com

Profile on Odesa football

Profile on legioner.kulichki.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taran, Oleh 1960 births Living people People from Pokrov, Ukraine Footballers from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Ukrainian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Men's 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 First Football League managers FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih managers FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia managers ŠK Slovan Bratislava managers Soviet expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Ukrainian expatriate football managers Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Soviet expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Expatriate men's footballers in Uzbekistan Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate football managers in Slovakia 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen