In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Anatolyevich and the family name is Salenko.
Oleg Salenko
Salenko in 2014
Personal information
Full name
Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko
Date of birth
(1969-10-25) 25 October 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height
1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)
Striker
Youth career
Smena Leningrad
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1986–1988
Zenit
47
(10)
1989–1992
Dynamo Kyiv
91
(28)
1993–1994
Logroñés
47
(23)
1994–1995
Valencia
25
(7)
1995–1996
Rangers
16
(7)
1996–1998
İstanbulspor
18
(11)
1999–2000
Córdoba
3
(0)
2000–2001
Pogoń Szczecin
1
(0)
Total
248
(86)
International career
1984–1991
Soviet Union U20
4
(5)
1992
Ukraine[1]
1
(0)
1993–1994
Russia
8
(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko (Russian: Олег Анатольевич Саленко, Ukrainian: Олег Анатолійович Саленко; born 25 October 1969) is a Russian-Ukrainian former footballer who played as a forward. He scored a record five goals in a group-stage match in the 1994 World Cup, helping him earn the Golden Boot as joint-top tournament goalscorer.[2]
^"Players Appearing for Two or More Countries". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko (Russian: Олег Анатольевич Саленко, Ukrainian: Олег Анатолійович Саленко; born 25 October 1969) is a Russian-Ukrainian former...
The tournament's Golden Boot went jointly to Bulgaria's Stoichkov and OlegSalenko of Russia, the latter becoming the first player to score five goals in...
two goals or more per game played: Kocsis, Fontaine, Stábile, Russia's OlegSalenko, Switzerland's Josef Hügi, and Poland's Ernst Wilimowski — the last of...
Yaremchuk played successfully for Benfica "OlegSalenko: "Yaremchuk está a passar por um momento de crise"" [OlegSalenko: "Yaremchuk is going through a moment...
Stadium, Riyadh Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany) OlegSalenko of Soviet Union won the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In...
Ball award; Salenko and Stoichkov tie as leading scorers for World Cup USA '94". Business Wire. 17 July 1994. [FIFA] has announced OlegSalenko (Russia)...
Salvatore Schillaci 6 Robert Prosinečki England 1994 United States Romário OlegSalenko Hristo Stoichkov 6 Michel Preud'homme 2 Marc Overmars Brazil 1998 France...
tournament of nearly 3.6 million remains the biggest in World Cup history. OlegSalenko of Russia became the first player to score five goals in a single World...
Andrei Kanchelskis were excluded from the national team.[citation needed] OlegSalenko and Andrei Ivanov, who also signed the letter, eventually withdrew their...
Kanchelskis, Viktor Onopko, Sergei Yuran, Yuriy Nikiforov, Ilya Tsymbalar and OlegSalenko) chose to play for Russia. At that time Vyacheslav Koloskov was the only...
Stanislav Cherchesov, Aleksandr Borodyuk and players like Viktor Onopko, OlegSalenko, Dmitri Cheryshev, Aleksandr Mostovoi, Vladimir Beschastnykh, and Valery...
Competition Player(s) For Against Goals Score Date Worldwide FIFA World Cup OlegSalenko Russia Cameroon 5 6–1 28 June 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification Archie...
team as of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Just Fontaine – 13 ( France, 1958) OlegSalenko – 5 (for Russia vs. Cameroon, 1994) Geoff Hurst – 3 (for England vs...
heads of departments Andrey Arshavin, Alexander Vasilyev, Zhanna Dembo, Oleg Zadubrovsky, Vladimir Litvinov, Alexey Pak, Maxim Pogorelov, head coach Sergey...
that point. Hristo Stoichkov was awarded the Golden Boot shared with OlegSalenko as the top scorer in the tournament with his six goals. Krasimir Balakov...
immediately signed Spanish goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta, Russian forward OlegSalenko, and Predrag Mijatović, but failed to produce results expected of him...
Cup Golden Boot as the joint top goal scorer of the tournament (with OlegSalenko), with six goals, as well as earning the Bronze Ball award. He led Bulgaria...
goalscorers at the FIFA World Cup, Valentin Ivanov and OlegSalenko, have won a Golden Boot award each. Salenko is the only player who has ever scored five goals...