Viktor Prokopenko () (24 October 1944 – 18 August 2007) was a Ukrainian

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player and coach who played for the Soviet occupational forces in

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and the

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including teams of the

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and later worked as a coach in Russia and Ukraine.

Career

Prokopenko was born in Zhdanov,

, now known as

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, Ukraine.Viktor Prokopenko passed away
/ref> In 1975, he graduated from the Odessa State Pedagogical Institute of Ushynsky and later the Moscow Higher School of Coaches. Prokopenko was the first manager of the Ukraine national team since

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. He also authored ''Flexibility, Strength, Endurance'', a popular book on stretching. Prokopenko was elected to the

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for the

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as no.45 on their election list in the

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. Prokopenko died in

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after a heart attack. He was 62 years old.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Chornomorets Odesa

* USSR Federation Cup:

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, 1993–94

Shakhtar Donetsk

: 2000–01

References

External links

Viktor Prokopenko at the Official Ukraine today

Statistics
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prokopenko, Viktor 1944 births 2007 deaths Footballers from Mariupol 1. FC Frankfurt players FC Nyva Vinnytsia players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Krystal Kherson players Soviet expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in East Germany Ukrainian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Soviet football managers Ukrainian football managers Ukraine national football team managers FC Chornomorets Odesa managers FC Shakhtar Donetsk managers FC Rotor Volgograd managers FC Dynamo Moscow managers Russian Premier League managers Expatriate football managers in Russia Ukrainian Premier League managers Higher School of Coaches alumni Independent politicians in Ukraine Party of Regions politicians Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Ukrainian expatriate football managers Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Men's association football forwards K. D. Ushinsky South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University alumni Politicians from Mariupol 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen