Anatoliy Konkov

Anatoliy Konkov
	Konkov in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Anatoliy Dmytrovych Konkov
Date of birth	19 September 1949
Place of birth	Krasnyi Luch, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	4 October 2024 (aged 75)
Place of death	Kyiv, Ukraine
Position(s)	Midfielder, Stopper
Youth career
1959–1965	Avanhard Kramatorsk
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965–1967	Avanhard Kramatorsk
1968–1974	Shakhtar Donetsk
1975–1981	Dynamo Kyiv
International career
1971–1978	USSR
Managerial career
1982	Tavriya Simferopol (assistant)
1983–1984	Tavriya Simferopol
1986–1989	Shakhtar Donetsk
1990	Zenit Leningrad
1994	Ukraine U21
1995	Ukraine
1998	Mykolaiv
1998–2000	Vorskla Poltava
2000–2002	Stal Alchevsk
2003	Metalurh Donetsk (sporting director)
2004–2006	Inter Baku
2008–2012	Stal Alchevsk (sporting director)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Soviet Union
Olympic Games
UEFA European Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anatoliy Konkov (Ukrainian: Анатолій Дмитрович Коньков; 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 (1982).^[1] Konkov served as the President of the Football Federation of Ukraine in September 2012.^[1]

Career

Konkov began his football career in Kramatorsk for local Avanhard and his first coach was Yuriy Nesterenko. Eventually he made it to the top performer of the region Shakhtar Donetsk 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 Soviet Cup, UEFA Supercup, and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1974-75.^[1] 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 at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.^[2]

After retiring as a player Konkov became a coach, coaching clubs of the Soviet Union, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan. On 2 September 2012 he was elected the President of the Football Federation of Ukraine,^[1] becoming the second president after Viktor Bannikov who had a professional player career.

Death

On 4 October 2024, it was announced that Konkov had died at the age of 75.^[3] He died in Kyiv.^[4]

Managerial statistics

As of 27 September 2013.

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ukraine	25 March 1995	11 November 1995	7	3	0	4	8	13	−5	042.86

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
- Winner (1): 1975
UEFA Super Cup
- Winner (1): 1975
UEFA Euro
- Runner-up (1): 1972
Summer Olympics
- Bronze medal recipient: 1976

State awards

Order of Merit
- 3rd Class (2004),^[5] 2nd Class (2015),^[6] 1st Class (2020)^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Anatoliy Konkov takes over as FFU president Archived 14 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Football Federation of Ukraine (2 September 2012)
^ Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
^ https://www.facebook.com/UNNews (4 October 2024). "Legendary Ukrainian footballer and former coach Anatoliy Konkov dies | УНН". unn.ua. Retrieved 4 October 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help); External link in |last= (help)
^ Помер Анатолій Коньков…
^ "Указ президента Украины N 795/2004". Archived from the original on 10 June 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
^ Указ Президента України № 299/2015 від 29 травня 2015 року "Про відзначення державними нагородами України ветеранів команди товариства «Футбольний клуб „Динамо“ Київ»"^{[dead link]}
^ "Указ Президента України № 446/2020 від 14 жовтня 2020 року "Про відзначення державними нагородами України ветеранів команди товариства «Футбольний клуб "Динамо" Київ»". Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

External links

Short career overview at ukrsoccerhistory.com with photo
Profile at rusteam.permian.ru Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Anatoliy Konkov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
Anatoliy Konkov at WorldFootball.net
Anatoliy Konkov at National-Football-Teams.com
Anatoliy Konkov at kicker (in German)
Anatoliy Konkov at EU-Football.info
Anatoliy Konkov at Olympedia

Preceded by Hryhoriy Surkis	Presidents of FFU 2012–2015	Succeeded by Andriy Pavelko

[AnKoisPres-1] Anatoliy Konkov takes over as FFU president Archived 14 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Football Federation of Ukraine (2 September 2012)

[2] Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR

[3] ttps://www.facebook.com/UNNews (4 October 2024). "Legendary Ukrainian footballer and former coach Anatoliy Konkov dies | УНН". unn.ua. Retrieved 4 October 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help); External link in |last= (help)

[4] Помер Анатолій Коньков…

[5] "Указ президента Украины N 795/2004". Archived from the original on 10 June 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.

[6] Указ Президента України № 299/2015 від 29 травня 2015 року "Про відзначення державними нагородами України ветеранів команди товариства «Футбольний клуб „Динамо“ Київ»"^{[dead link]}

[7] "Указ Президента України № 446/2020 від 14 жовтня 2020 року "Про відзначення державними нагородами України ветеранів команди товариства «Футбольний клуб "Динамо" Київ»". Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

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v t e Presidents of the Ukrainian Association of Football
Soviet section of football and ice hockey	Levitin (1932–1934) Kosmachov (1934–1937) Khavchyn (1937–1941) World War II (1941–1944) Romanenko (1944–1959)
Soviet football federation	Balakin (1959) Kuznetsov (1959–1963) Idzkovsky (1963–1964) Martyniuk (1964–1971) Oshenkov (1971–1975) Fominykh (1975–1991)
Association of football (Football federation)	Bannikov (1991–1996) Pustovoitenko (1996–2000) Surkis (2000–2012) Konkov (2012–2015) Pavelko (2015–present)