Valeri Minko
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Full name | Valeri Vikentyevich Minko | ||
Date of birth | (1971-08-08) 8 August 1971 (age 53) | ||
Place of birth | Barnaul, USSR | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1989 | Dynamo Barnaul | 3 | (0) |
1989–2001 | CSKA Moscow | 242 | (13) |
2002 | Kuban Krasnodar | 3 | (0) |
Total | 248 | (13) | |
International career | |||
1991 | USSR U-20 | 10 | (1) |
1992 | USSR U-21 | 3 | (0) |
1992–1993 | Russia U-21 | 5 | (0) |
1996–1998 | Russia | 4 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2008– | CSKA Moscow Reserves (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Valeri Vikentyevich Minko (Russian: Валерий Викентьевич Минько; born 8 August 1971) is a former association footballer who played defender and now head coach.
He capped for USSR U-20 team at 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.
In 1993, he was subjected to nephrectomy after being injured when playing a 1994 U-21 European Championship qualifying game against Greece (1–1). Nevertheless, he decided to continue his career with one kidney remaining and played over 200 games after his injury. Now he is considered by CSKA fans as one of symbols of courage and team spirit.
External links
- Valeri Minko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Valery Minko's 1999 interview (in Russian)
- Valeri Minko – FIFA competition record (archived)
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- 1986: Oleg Blokhin (FC Dynamo Kiev)
- 1987: Mykhaylo Sokolovsky (Shakhtar Donetsk)
- 1988: Volodymyr Ploskina (Chernomorets Odessa)
- 1989: Fyodor Cherenkov (FC Spartak Moscow)
- 1995: Sergei Ovchinnikov (FC Lokomotiv Moscow)
- 1996: Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd)
- 1997: Andrei Tikhonov (FC Spartak Moscow)
- 1998: Valeri Minko (PFC CSKA Moscow)
- 1999: Dmitry Loskov (FC Lokomotiv Moscow)
- 2000: Andrei Gashkin (FC Torpedo Moscow)
- 2002: Vladimir Maminov (FC Lokomotiv Moscow)
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