Anatoly Demyanenko is a Soviet and Ukrainian football player and coach. Honored Master of Sports of the USSR. Participant of three world championships. In terms of the number of games played (80), he ranks 4th among all players of the USSR national team and is second only to Oleg Blokhin, Rinat Dasaev and Albert Shesternev. Vice-champion of Europe 1988 One of the most productive defenders in the history of Kiev "Dynamo". He started his football career in 1976 as a member of Dnipro. In 1979, the 20-year-old from Dnipropetrovsk started playing for Dynamo Kyiv. From the first games Demyanenko became the main left defender. Already in the first Kiev season (1979) he entered the list of "33 best". In 1980 and 1981, together with Dynamo, he became the champion of the Soviet Union. In the final of the USSR Cup 1985 Demyanenko distinguished himself with a very beautiful diagonal shot from the penalty spot - it became one of the most famous goals, so the 26-year-old player was named the best football player in the USSR. In the 1985 USSR Championship, he scored 8 goals in 34 games, showing a sample of the attacking defender's game. He was captain until 1990. Having played in his third World Cup - World Cup in Italy in 1990, Demyanenko became only the fourth Soviet footballer (after Yashin, Bessonov and Dasaev), who managed to do so. Last season as a footballer - 1992/93, spent in "Dynamo" Kiev. He started his coaching career in 1993. During this time he was a mentor: Kiev CSC APU and Borispol "Borisfen", headed Lutsk "Volyn" and "Dynamo" Kiev.
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