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
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Positions	Midfielder; sweeper;
Youth career
1959–1965	Avanhard Kramatorsk
Senior career*
Years	Team
1965–1968	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
1993–1994	Ukraine U18
1994	Ukraine U21
1995	Ukraine
1996–1997	Ukraine students
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

A native of Krasnyi Luch, Luhansk Oblast, in the late 1950s, Konkov began his football career in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast for local Avanhard, and his first coach was Yuriy Nesterenko. When Konkov was about 6–7 years of old, his father was hired by the Novokramatorsk Machinebuilding Factory and the family moved to Kramatorsk.^[2] At 8, Konkov joined the Avanhard preparation group that existed along with the team of masters. Konkov made his debut at the professional level while playing for the Avanhard football team of masters in the late 1960s. At that time, Avanhard played in the USSR Championship Class B (tier 3).

In late 1968, Konkov made it to the top performer of the region Shakhtar Donetsk, where he played until 1974. To Shakhtar, Konkov was invited by Oleg Oshenkov and escorted by Ivan Babushko. Anatoliy Konkov made his first appearance for Shakhtar on 3 November 1968, while visiting Kairat Almaty in the Class A match (top tier). For the first couple of seasons in Shakhtar, Konkov was playing for the reserves as well as the first team.

In 1974, he moved to Dynamo Kyiv, with which he won several European honors. His transfer was coordinated personally by the First Secretary Volodymyr Shcherbytskyi.^[3]

During his playing career, Konkov played in defense as a stopper. He won four Soviet championships, 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.^[4]

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.^[5] He died in Kyiv and was buried at Baikove Cemetery.^[6]

Statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[7]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Soviet Union	1971	4	0
	1972	6	2
	1973	2	0
	1974	2	0
	1975	7	3
	1976	8	0
	1977	10	1
	1978	8	2
Career total		47	8

Scores and results list Soviet Union's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Konkov goal.

List of international goals scored by Anatoliy Konkov
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	19 April 1972	Central Stadium, Kyiv, Soviet Union	Peru	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2	14 June 1972	Stade Émile Versé, Brussels, Belgium	Hungary	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 1972
3	8 June 1975	Lenin Central Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union	Italy	1–0	1–0	Friendly
4	12 November 1975	Central Stadium, Kyiv, Soviet Union	Switzerland	1–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 1976 qualifying
5	29 November 1975	23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania	Romania	2–1	2–2	Friendly
6	24 April 1977	Lenin Central Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union	Greece	1–0	2–0	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	26 February 1978	El Harti Stadium, Marrakesh, Morocco	Morocco	2–1	3–2	Friendly
8	5 April 1978	Hrazdan Central Stadium, Yerevan, Soviet Union	Finland	1–0	10–2	Friendly

Manager

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