Yevhen Lemeshko

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Yevhen Lemeshko
Personal information
Full name Yevhen Pylypovych Lemeshko
Date of birth (1930-12-11)11 December 1930
Place of birth Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR
Date of death 2 June 2016(2016-06-02) (aged 85)
Place of death Kyiv, Ukraine
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
1950 Lokomotyv Kharkiv
1950–1958 Dynamo Kyiv
1959 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
1959–1960 Shakhtar Stalino
International career
1956 Ukraine 2 (0)
Managerial career
1960–1966 FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
1967 Karpaty Lviv
1968–1970 FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
1971–1974 FC Sudobudivnyk Mykolaiv
1977–1988 Metalist Kharkiv
1989–1993 FC Torpedo Zaporizhia
1993 Metalist Kharkiv
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yevhen Lemeshko (Ukrainian: Євген Пилипович Лемешко; 11 December 1930 – 2 June 2016) was a Ukrainian football player and coach[1] as well as chairman of the Council of Veteran Footballers.

Club career

Lemeshko started his football career as a player for FC Dynamo Kyiv, but due to an injury he continued his football career as a coach.

International career

In 1956 Lemeshko played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[2]

Coaching career

In 1980, Lemeshko became a Merited Coach of Ukraine.

Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Podillia Soviet Union 1961 1965 199775171038.7
Karpaty Soviet Union July 1966 August 1967 [3][4] 47191117040.4
Desna Soviet Union August 1967 December 1967 [5] 11632054.5
Podillia Soviet Union 1968 1970 136554239040.4
MFC Mykolaiv Soviet Union 1971 1974 1891014741053.4
Krystal Soviet Union March 1976 [6] December 1976 3814159036.8
Metalist Soviet Union January 1977 December 1988 521227136158043.6
Torpedo Zap Soviet UnionUkraine June 1989 23 April 1993 [7][8] 175784156044.6
Podillia Ukraine 1 May 1993 30 June 1993 12534041.7
Metalist Ukraine 1 August 1993 December 1993 194510021.1
Total 1,347586354407043.5

Death

Lemeshko died on 2 June 2016 at the age of 85.[9]

Personal information

Lemeshko was a father-in-law of Oleh Protasov.[citation needed]

Honors

Coach

Sudnobudivnyk

  • Champion of Ukraine: 1974

Metalist Kharkiv

  • Champion of Ukraine: 1978
  • Champion USSR: 1981
  • USSR Cup: 1983, 1988

Torpedo Zaporizhia

  • Champion of Ukraine: 1990

References