Yevhen Lemeshko

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.

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(s)	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

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
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Podillia		1961	1965	199	77	51	71	038.7
Karpaty		July 1966	August 1967 [3][4]	47	19	11	17	040.4
Desna		August 1967	December 1967 [5]	11	6	3	2	054.5
Podillia		1968	1970	136	55	42	39	040.4
MFC Mykolaiv		1971	1974	189	101	47	41	053.4
Krystal		March 1976 [6]	December 1976	38	14	15	9	036.8
Metalist		January 1977	December 1988	521	227	136	158	043.6
Torpedo Zap		June 1989	23 April 1993 [7][8]	175	78	41	56	044.6
Podillia		1 May 1993	30 June 1993	12	5	3	4	041.7
Metalist		1 August 1993	December 1993	19	4	5	10	021.1
Total				1,347	586	354	407	043.5

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