Oleg Salenko
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| Oleg Salenko | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko | |
| Date of birth | October 25, 1969 (age 37) | |
| Place of birth | Leningrad, Russia, Soviet Union | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1986-1988 1989-1992 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995 1996-1998 1999-2000 2000-2001 |
Zenit Leningrad Dynamo Kiev Logroñés Valencia Rangers Istanbulspor Córdoba CF Pogoń Szczecin |
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| National team | ||
| ? 1992 1993-1994 |
USSR U-20 Ukraine Russia |
1 (0) 8 (6) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko (Russian Cyrillic: Олег Анатольевич Саленко) (born October 25, 1969 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a former Russian football striker.
[edit] Football career
Salenko set a World Cup record by scoring five goals in one game, for Russia against Cameroon on June 28, 1994. Salenko finished the 1994 World Cup with six goals, sharing the Golden Boot with Hristo Stoichkov, a remarkable feat since Russia was knocked out in the first round, and Stoichkov's Bulgaria played another four games in the tournament. This mirrored Salenko's achievement in the 1989 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Saudia Arabia, where he was top scorer when he scored 5 goals in the tournament.
On the club level, Salenko's career lasted from 1986 to 2000 and included clubs Zenit Leningrad, Dynamo Kiev, Logroñés, Cordoba CF, Valencia, Rangers and Istanbulspor.
Salenko scored only one other goal for Russia, and played a total of only nine international matches, one of them for Ukraine. Eventually, he faded from the international scene and finally had to end his career early for health reasons. Salenko came back to football in the 2000-01 season and signed for Polish team Pogoń Szczecin. After playing only one league match and huge problems with weight and physical condition, he left the club and retired.
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| Preceded by Salvatore Schillaci |
FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe 1994 Shared with: Hristo Stoichkov |
Succeeded by Davor Šuker |
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Russia squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Cherchesov | 2 Kuznetsov | 3 Gorlukovich | 4 Galiamin | 5 Nikiforov | 6 Ternavski | 7 Piatnitski | 8 Popov | 9 Salenko | 10 Karpin | 11 Beschastnykh | 12 Tetradze | 13 Borodyuk | 14 Korneyev | 15 Radchenko | 16 Kharine | 17 Tsymbalar | 18 Onopko | 19 Mostovoi | 20 Lediakhov | 21 Khlestov | 22 Yuran | Coach: Sadyrin |
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