Biography
Footballer Oleg Salenko entered his name in the history of sports in the distant 1994, when at the world championship in the same match, five goals scored in the opponent's gate. Then he took from the Golden Buck tournament, although his team did not even get to the playoffs. This achievement fell into the Guinness Book of Records and became the pinnacle of the attacker's career, which was dedicated to the game with the ball over 15 years of life.Childhood and youth
Oleg was born on October 25, 1969 in Leningrad. Salenko considers himself a Soviet man and not used to divide Russia and Ukraine, although he managed to play both countries and in his veins flows both nations. From early childhood, the boy was fond of playing with the ball and became the pupil of the Krasnoselsky Children's and Youth Football Club "Friendship". From there came to "shift" - a division that has now evolved into the Zenit Pharmacadeus. Oleg trained with the guys who were older for 2 years, which worked in his favor.
The talented young man was called to play for Zenit when he only turned 16. He filed hopes to become an outstanding player and already in the first way to enter the field in March 1986 designed a goal in the Gate of the Moscow Dynamo, who decided the outcome of the match.
In his youth, Oleg felt his star and did not hide a violent temper. At the school graduation, Salenko arranged a fight, which almost led to a criminal case. Later in his biography, there was a similar episode, and only the troubles of the coaching headquarters of Zenit were helped to avoid arrest. This can be called a miracle, since the son of the KGB colonel is suffered from the football player's fists.
Personal life
Work in the team, where everyone was older, put an imprint on the identity of Oleg, who soon felt an adult. Since 14 years old received a monthly scholarship of 150 rubles - money, which not every adult managed to earn money. And for the first season in Zenit, the 16-year-old scorer received 3.7 thousand rubles in the hands. - The amount on which you could buy a car.
At the same time, he began to meet with the future wife of Irina, on which he married 2 years later. In 1989, the guy moved to Kiev and transported with him the whole family, including brother and parents. When the football career in European clubs ended, the man decided to settle in the capital of Ukraine.
By the time he was already divorced with his wife, leaving her apartment in St. Petersburg. Another one gave the son of Sasha born in 1996. Due to the conflict of Russia and Ukraine, Salenko does not see the Son for years and communicates with a guy exclusively by video call.
Oleg's first marriage lasted for 13 years, the second was also short-lived. A man admitted that he was disappointed in women, and to preserve communication with the younger son Roman, he has to make compromises. The boy is engaged in football in the Youth School of Kiev "Dynamo", and the Father tries to have a male influence on him. About personal life and children athlete told in 2014 in an interview with the program "Visiting Dmitry Gordon".
Football
Starting a career in Zenit, the young striker quickly became a pet favorite. When heighting 182 cm and weighing 75 kg, the scorer showed maneuverability, high speed and competent reading of the game. What was the disappointment of fans, when in 1989 Salenko moved to Kiev "Dynamo". The guy was accused of betrayal, besides, the interests were persecuted not only at the sports: Oleg became one of the first Soviet football players, a solid amount of 36 thousand rubles was paid for the transition to whose transition was paid.The game in Ukraine was not set, and the young scorer went to conquer Europe. Having played 2 weeks for Tottenham Hotspur, as a result, donkey in Spain, where the club "Logrones" was useful. Speaking for the team since 1992, Salenko became a useful unit, showing the highest effectiveness of all the players of the post-Soviet space, ever played in the professional football league of Spain.
Career in the national team began for the attacker back in 1990, when he began to defend the USSR flag and won the 3 match for the team. Then one game was happened for the national team of Ukraine, which did not prevent in 1993 to join the main team of Russia.
Since the Russian national team, Oleg in 1994 went to the World Championship in the United States, which turned out to be his starry hour. There in the duel against Cameroon Salenko scored 5 goals and was recognized as the best tournament scorer, although the next path of the team in the championship was not set.
After that, the footballer managed to play the Spanish "Valencia", the Scottish Rangers and Turkish "Istanbulus." A career man ended in the Polish club "Frakh", where it became obvious that the knee injury would not give to show the result of the athlete's match. After that, Oleg was still trying to keep closer to the sport, training the Ukrainian beach football team and studying amateur teams, but it did not become a permanent job.
Oleg Salenko now
In 2020, Salenko lives in Kiev, receiving income with successfully attached assets. These are land plots in the elite suburb and apartments in the Ukrainian capital. In addition, a man leads a business - he has several health complexes, including a sauna and massage rooms, but the income they bring small. The footballer admits that he lacks hardness for successful business.
Episodic income brings participation in veterans matches. And Oleg tried to sell Golden Butsu Arab Sheikham, but the deal, an estimated at $ 500 thousand, was broken. Now he agrees to share trophies with the Museum of St. Petersburg Zenit and is waiting for the proposals from the club.
Achievements
Team:
- 1988 - European champion among juniors with the USSR national team under 19
- 1990 - Champion of the USSR with Dynamo Kiev
- 1990 - Winner of the USSR Cup with Dynamo Kiev
- 1996 - Champion of Scotland with Rangers:
Personal:
- 1989 - the best scorer of the youth World Cup
- 1994 - the winner of the Golden Boots of the World Cup
- 2002 - Champion of Ukraine on Beach Football
- The winner of the world championship record in the number of heads in one match (5 goals)
- Recordsman of the Russian national team in the number of heads at the World Championships (6 goals)
- Member of the Bombard Club Oleg Blokhin (120 goals)
- Member of the Club Gregory Fedotova (114 goals)