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.
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 | 38.7 | ||||
| Karpaty |
|
July 1966 | August 1967 [3][4] | 47 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 40.4 | ||||
| Desna |
|
August 1967 | December 1967 [5] | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 54.5 | ||||
| Podillia |
|
1968 | 1970 | 136 | 55 | 42 | 39 | 40.4 | ||||
| MFC Mykolaiv |
|
1971 | 1974 | 189 | 101 | 47 | 41 | 53.4 | ||||
| Krystal |
|
March 1976 [6] | December 1976 | 38 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 36.8 | ||||
| Metalist |
|
January 1977 | December 1988 | 521 | 227 | 136 | 158 | 43.6 | ||||
| Torpedo Zap | 
|
June 1989 | 23 April 1993 [7] [8] | 175 | 78 | 41 | 56 | 44.6 | ||||
| Podillia |
|
1 May 1993 | 30 June 1993 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 41.7 | ||||
| Metalist |
|
1 August 1993 | December 1993 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21.1 | ||||
| Total | 1,347 | 586 | 354 | 407 | 43.5 | |||||||
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
References
- ^ a b Yevhen Lemeshko at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Football at the 1956 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
- ^ Євгену Лемешку виповнилось вісімдесят!
- ^ «Разговор с прошлым»: Евгений Лемешко
- ^ 1963-1969
- ^ Херсонский футбол: от истоков до наших дней
- ^ "Торпедо" (Запорожье) - "Металлург" (Запорожье) 1:3 (0:3)
- ^ "Торпедо" (Запорожье) - "Карпаты" (Львов) 3:2 (1:1)
- ^ Yevhen LEMESHKO has passed away
External links
- (in Russian) Lemeshko only five years younger than Metalist (Obozrevatel, 14 December 2005)
- (in Russian) Brief profile at klisf
- (in Ukrainian) History of Karpaty Lviv
- (in Ukrainian) Interview to the Ukrainian daily "Den" (23 July 1998)
- Lemeshko runs out of the coach seats as his team Metalist scored the winning goal and became the 1988 Soviet Cup holder (video) on YouTube
- (in Russian) Interview of Volodymyr Danylyuk when he's mentioning Lemeshko as the coach of Karpaty (Sport-glavred, 29 July 2010)
- (in Russian) Interview of Volodymyr Linke (Metlaist's all-time top scorer) who talks about Lemeshko (27 March 2008)
