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Career & Clubs
Prokopenko was born in Zhdanov, Ukrainian SSR, now known as Mariupol, Ukraine. In 1975, he graduated from the Odessa State Pedagogical Institute of Ushynsky and later the Moscow Higher School of Coaches. Prokopenko was the first manager of the Ukraine national team since dissolution of the Soviet Union. He also authored Flexibility, Strength, Endurance, a popular book on stretching. Prokopenko was elected to the Ukrainian parliament for the Party of Regions as no.45 on their election list in the 2006 Ukrainian parliamentary election. Prokopenko died from a fall in Odesa. He was 62 years old.
- Club
- 1. FC Frankfurt (1964–1967)
- Club
- FC Krystal Kherson (1973–1974)
- Club
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk (1971–1973)
- Club
- PFC Nyva Vinnytsia (1967–1968)
- Club
- FC Chornomorets Odesa (1969–1970)
- Club
- FC Chornomorets Odesa (1974–1975)
- National team
- Soviet Union
- National team
- Ukraine
Trophies & Awards
- Award
- Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
- Award
- Master of Sport of the USSR
Legacy
Chornomorets Odesa
USSR Federation Cup: 1990 Ukrainian Cup: 1992, 1993–94
Shakhtar Donetsk
Ukrainian Cup: 2000–01
Clubs
Played together with
Adolphe TeikeuFC Chornomorets Odesa · 2014–2015
Alan MatturroFC Shakhtar Donetsk · 2026
Alan PatrickFC Shakhtar Donetsk · 2011–2013- Aleksandr PonomarevFC Shakhtar Donetsk · 1936–1936
- Aleksandr PonomarevFC Shakhtar Donetsk · 1951–1952
Aleksei IgoninFC Chornomorets Odesa · 2004–2004
Alex TeixeiraFC Shakhtar Donetsk · 2010–2016
Alexandru SpiridonFC Shakhtar Donetsk
Alyaksandr HutarFC Chornomorets Odesa · 2017–2017
Anatolii TymoshchukFC Shakhtar Donetsk · 1998–2007
Anatoliy KonkovFC Shakhtar Donetsk · 1968–1974
Anatoliy TrubinFC Shakhtar Donetsk · 2019–2023
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Identifiers & aliases
Viktor Prokopenko was a Ukrainian football player and coach who played for the Soviet occupational forces in East Germany and the Ukrainian SSR including teams of the Soviet Top League and later worked as a coach in Russia and Ukraine.
Opinions of fans — not verified facts.
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