Yevhen Lemeshko

Yevhen Lemeshko
Personal information
Full name	Yevhen Pylypovych Lemeshko
Date of birth	11 December 1930
Place of birth	Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR
Date of death	2 June 2016 (aged 85)
Place of death	Kyiv, Ukraine
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1949	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
1950	Lokomotyv Kharkiv
1950–1958	Dynamo Kyiv
1959	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
1959–1960	Shakhtar Stalino
International career
1956	Ukraine
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

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
Team	Nat	From	To	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

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 Archived 8 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine
(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)

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[wf-1] Yevhen Lemeshko at WorldFootball.net

[2] Football at the 1956 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR

[3] Євгену Лемешку виповнилось вісімдесят!

[4] «Разговор с прошлым»: Евгений Лемешко

[5] 1963-1969

[6] Херсонский футбол: от истоков до наших дней

[7] "Торпедо" (Запорожье) - "Металлург" (Запорожье) 1:3 (0:3)

[8] "Торпедо" (Запорожье) - "Карпаты" (Львов) 3:2 (1:1)

[9] Yevhen LEMESHKO has passed away