Oleg Aleksandrovich Veretennikov (Russian: Олег Александрович Веретенников; born 5 January 1970) is a professional Russian association football coach and a former international footballer who is an assistant coach with Kuban Krasnodar. He is the runner-up goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records.

Oleg Veretennikov
Veretennikov as Rotor Volgograd manager in 2013
Personal information
Full name Oleg Aleksandrovich Veretennikov
Date of birth (1970-01-05) 5 January 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Revda, Soviet Union
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Kuban Krasnodar (assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Uralmash 10 (1)
1988 Uralets Nizhny Tagil 0 (0)
1988 Uralmash 29 (2)
1989 Metallurg Sverdlovsk 7 (0)
1989 Chayka-CSKA-2 Moscow 8 (0)
1989–1990 SKA Rostov 57 (27)
1991–1992 Uralmash 42 (14)
1992–1999 Rotor Volgograd 247 (141)
2000 Aris 7 (1)
2000–2001 Lierse 18 (3)
2001–2002 Sokol 27 (2)
2002 SKA Rostov 10 (2)
2003 Lisma-Mordovia Saransk 40 (18)
2004 Uralan Elista 19 (2)
2004 Zhenis Astana 14 (4)
2005–2007 Rotor Volgograd 66 (29)
2007 Irtysh 13 (2)
2008 Astana 30 (7)
2009 Volgograd 33 (7)
Total 677 (262)
International career
1996 Russia 4 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2014 Rotor Volgograd (assistant)
2014–2015 Rotor Volgograd
2015 Luch-Energiya
2016–2017 Orenburg (U-21)
2017 Tobol (assistant)
2019–2020 Rotor-2 Volgograd
2020–2022 Rubin Kazan (assistant)
2023–2024 Krasnodar-2 (assistant)
2024 Krasnodar-2
2024– Kuban Krasnodar (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

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Most of Veretennikov's successes have come with SC Rotor Volgograd, for whom he played in 1992–1999. During that time he scored 143 goals. He has also become the season's top goalscorer three times (in 1995, 1997, and 1998), which is also an unbeaten record. Veretennikov also holds a record for the most goals scored in one season (25 in 1995). He is also one of only three players (along with Viktor Panchenko and Mateo Cassierra) to score five goals in a league match (on 4 April 1998 against Shinnik).[1]

Despite impressive goalscoring record, Oleg Veretennikov played only four unimportant matches for the national team.

In 2000–2001 Veretennikov had two short spells with foreign clubs, and then played in several First Division teams. In 2005, he returned to Rotor, playing in the Second Division. In 2009, he played in FC Volgograd. In the end of 2009 Veretennikov retired from playing and became a coach.

His son Pavel Veretennikov is a professional footballer now.

Career statistics

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Club Season League Ref.
Division Apps Goals
Uralmash 1986 Soviet Second League (3rd tier) 1 0 [2]
1987 9 1 [2]
Total 10 1
Uralets Nizhny Tagil 1988 Soviet Second League (3rd tier) 0 0 [2]
Uralmash 1988 Soviet Second League (3rd tier) 26 2 [2]
Metallurg Sverdlovsk 1989 Soviet Second League (3rd tier) 7 0 [2]
CSKA-2 Moscow 1989 Soviet Second League (3rd tier) 8 0 [2]
SKA Rostov 1989 Soviet First League (2nd tier) 16 1 [2]
1990 Soviet Second League (3rd tier) 41 26 [2]
Total 57 27
Uralmash 1991 Soviet First League (2nd tier) 42 14 [2]
1992 Russian Premier League (1st tier) 0 0 [2]
Total 42 14
Rotor Volgograd 1992 Russian Premier League (1st tier) 28 10 [2]
1993 33 19 [2]
1994 30 12 [2]
1995 29 25 [2]
1996 33 19 [2]
1997 34 22 [2]
1998 30 22 [2]
1999 29 12 [2]
Total 246 141
Rotor-2 Volgograd 1993 Russian Second Division (3rd tier) 1 0 [2]
1999 Russian Second Division (3rd tier) 3 1 [2]
Total 4 1
Aris 1999–00 Super League Greece (1st tier) 7 0 [3]
Lierse 2000–01 Belgian First Division (1st tier) 18 3 [2]
Sokol 2001 Russian Premier League (1st tier) 15 2 [2]
2002 12 0 [2]
Total 27 2
SKA Rostov 2002 Russian First Division (2nd tier) 9 2 [2]
Lisma-Mordovia Saransk 2003 Russian First Division (2nd tier) 40 18 [2]
FC Uralan Elista 2004 Russian First Division (2nd tier) 19 2 [2]
Zhenis Astana 2004 Kazakhstan Premier League (1st tier) 14 4 [2]
Rotor Volgograd 2005 Russian Second Division (3rd tier) 23 14 [2]
2006 30 11
2007 13 4
Total 66 29
Irtysch 2007 Kazakhstan Premier League (1st tier) 13 2
FC Astana 2008 Kazakhstan Premier League (1st tier) 30 7
Career total 643 255

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ "Матео Кассьерра – автор первого пента-трика в истории РПЛ" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 19 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab Oleg Veretennikov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
  3. ^ "Oleg Veretennikov » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  4. ^ Honours of 2005 Archived 3 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Honours of 2009 season Archived 6 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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