Oleh Luzhnyi

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Oleh Luzhnyi
Oleh Luzhny1.jpeg
Luzhnyi in his assistant role at Dynamo Kyiv (2010)
Personal information
Full name Oleh Romanovych Luzhnyi [1]
Date of birth (1968-08-05) 5 August 1968 (age 56) [1]
Place of birth Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Sports school "Karpaty"
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1988 Torpedo Lutsk 88 (1)
1988 SKA Karpaty Lviv 29 (0)
1989–1999 Dynamo Kyiv 253 (13)
1997–1998Dynamo-2 Kyiv 2 (0)
1999–2003 Arsenal 110 (0)
2003–2004 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 (0)
2005 Venta 9 (0)
Total462(14)
International career
1989–1990 [3] Soviet Union 8 (0)
1992–2003 [3] Ukraine 52 (0)
Managerial career
2005 Venta (player–manager)
2006–2012 Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
2007 Dynamo Kyiv (interim)
2010 Dynamo Kyiv (interim)
2012–2013 Tavriya Simferopol
2016 Karpaty Lviv (joint with Volodymyr Bezubyak)
2017–2019 Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

}} Oleh Romanovych Luzhnyi (Ukrainian : Оле́г Рома́нович Лу́жний; [4] born 5 August 1968) is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a right-back.

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Club career

Luzhnyi is a product of the Karpaty sports school (coached by Yuriy Hdanskyi and Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi) and later studied at the Lviv State School of Physical Culture. He first played for Ukrainian clubs Torpedo Lutsk (1985–88) and SKA Karpaty Lviv (1988) in Soviet lower football leagues.

Dynamo Kyiv

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Luzhnyi while at a game

Luzhnyi signed for Dynamo Kyiv in 1989 and became a regular at right-back, winning the domestic double in 1990 and seven consecutive Ukrainian league titles between 1993 and 1999. He was the captain of Dynamo Kyiv's Champions League sides that defeated Barcelona 3–0 at home and 4–0 away in the group stage of the 1997–98 season and eliminated holders Real Madrid 3–1 on aggregate in the quarter finals en route to the semi-finals in 1998–99.

Arsenal

Luzhnyi signed for English club Arsenal in the summer of 1999 after impressing manager Arsène Wenger in Kyiv's clashes with Arsenal in the Champions League. He was signed as cover for Lee Dixon, although he was unable to fully displace the England international. While never a regular starter with the Gunners (the young Cameroonian Lauren was signed a year later as Dixon's long-term replacement), Luzhnyi still played 110 matches in four years at the club, either at right-back or, less frequently, at centre-back, and even captained the team once in the League Cup. [5] In the 2001–02 season, he won a double (the FA Premier League and the FA Cup) with Arsenal. He contributed 18 league appearances, as Arsenal won the 2001-02 FA Premier League. [6] His last match for the Gunners was the 2003 FA Cup Final (which Arsenal won, beating Southampton 1–0), Luzhny's best performance for the club. [7]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Luzhnyi signed for newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers in the summer of 2003. He spent a single season there, but only made ten appearances for the side, and was released by Wolves in the summer of 2004 following their relegation from the Premier League.

International career

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Luzhnyi lining up for Ukraine

On the international stage, Luzhnyi made his debut at the age of 20 for the Soviet Union in 1989, winning eight caps but missing the 1990 World Cup because of injury. After the Soviet Union's dissolution, Luzhnyi went on to play for Ukraine, playing 52 times for his country between 1992 and 2003, although his side never reached a tournament finals, losing three times in the play-offs.

Luzhnyi captained the national side a record 39 times and achieved immense personal recognition in his country. In December 2000 he was voted into the Ukrainian 'Team of the Century' according to a poll by The Ukrainsky Futbol weekly. [8] Luzhnyi received the fourth biggest number of votes, behind only to Oleg Blokhin, Andriy Shevchenko and Anatoliy Demyanenko.

Managerial career

Luzhnyi had a brief spell at Latvian side Venta as player-coach in 2005, but left the club after it ran into financial problems. He has now retired from playing and in June 2006 became assistant coach at Dynamo Kyiv.

Luzhnyi was named interim manager of Dynamo Kyiv on 5 November 2007 after the resignation of Yozhef Sabo. He led the club to three league wins in three matches, including a 2–1 home victory against perennial rivals Shakhtar Donetsk, as well as into the semi-finals of the Ukrainian Cup. However, during the same period Dynamo suffered heavy Champions League defeats away at Manchester United and Sporting Lisbon and at home to Roma.

On 8 December 2007, Dynamo Kyiv unveiled a new permanent manager, Yury Syomin, and a few days later it was announced that Luzhnyi would continue as an assistant coach under the new manager.

On 1 October 2010, he was again named as interim manager of Dynamo Kyiv after the resignation of Valery Gazzaev. The first match was lost 2–0 to Shakhtar Donetsk at Donbas Arena. After the 19th round match against PFC Sevastopol Luzhnyi informed the fans that he will not return after the winter break. He was replaced by Yury Syomin on 24 December 2010.

Personal life

Luzhnyi turned down the chance to coach in England in 2022 in order to fight for Ukraine after the Russian invasion. [9] [10]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOther [a] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Torpedo Lutsk 1985130130
1986340340
1987300
1988111111
Total8810000
Karpaty Lviv 1988290290
Dynamo Kyiv 19882020
19892705050370
19901202020160
19912802090390
199213230162
1992–932637130364
1993–943414020401
1994–952445060354
1995–962415010301
1996–972821020312
1997–981604090290
1998–9921030130370
Total253134315200034814
Arsenal 1999–2000210106030310
2000–011902080290
2001–02180403010260
2002–03170204010240
Total75090210501100
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2003–04602020100
FK Venta 20059090
Career total4601479070

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Soviet Union 198950
199030
Total80
Ukraine 199210
199300
199450
199560
199640
199760
199830
199980
200050
200180
200230
200330
Total520
Career total600

Honours

Arsenal

Individual

Notes

  1. Appearances in National Super Cup and League Cup

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