Anatoliy Konkov

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]

Anatoliy Konkov

Konkov in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Anatoliy Dmytrovych Konkov
Date of birth	(1949-09-19)19 September 1949
Place of birth	Krasnyi Luch, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	4 October 2024(2024-10-04) (aged 75)
Place of death	Kyiv, Ukraine
Position(s)	Midfielder, Stopper
Youth career
1959–1965	Avanhard Kramatorsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1967	Avanhard Kramatorsk
1968–1974	Shakhtar Donetsk	141	(20)
1975–1981	Dynamo Kyiv	193	(10)
International career
1971–1978	USSR	47	(8)
Managerial career
1982	Tavriya Simferopol (assistant)
1983–1984	Tavriya Simferopol
1986–1989	Shakhtar Donetsk
1990	Zenit Leningrad
1994	Ukraine U21
1995	Ukraine
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 1976 Montreal Team competition UEFA European Championship 1972 Belgium
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Konkov began his football career in Kramatorsk for local Avanhard and his first coach was Yuriy Nesterenko. Eventually he made it to the top performer of the region Shakhtar Donetsk where he played until 1974. He then moved to Dynamo Kyiv with which he won a few European honours.

During his playing career Konkov played in defense as a stopper. He won four Soviet championships, once 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.^[2]

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.^[3] He died in Kyiv and was buried at Baikove Cemetery.^[4]

Managerial statistics

As of 27 September 2013.

Team	From	To	Record
			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

State awards

• Order of Merit
  • 3rd Class (2004),^[5] 2nd Class (2015),^[6] 1st Class (2020)^[7]