Vladimir Salkov

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Maksimovich and the family name is Salkov.

Vladimir Salkov

Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Maksimovich Salkov
Date of birth	(1937-04-01) 1 April 1937
Place of birth	Stalino, Ukrainian SSR
Height
Youth career
	Shakhtar Donetsk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1958	SKVO Orenburg	?	(?)
1959	Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev	6	(0)
1960–1968	Shakhtar Donetsk	231	(3)
Managerial career
1970–1971	Metallurg Zhdanov
1971–1974	Shakhtar Donetsk (director)
1974–1978	Shakhtar Donetsk
1979–1980	Torpedo Moscow
1981–1983	USSR (Olympic)
1984–1986	USSR (assistant)
1986–1988	USSR (Olympic) (assistant)
1990	USSR (youth)
1990–1992	USSR / CIS (assistant)
1993–1994	Rotor Volgograd
1995	Shakhtar Donetsk
2000–2001	Uzbekistan (assistant)
2002	Rotor Volgograd
2005–	CSKA Moscow (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vladimir Maksimovich Salkov (Russian: Владимир Максимович Сальков, Ukrainian: Володимир Максимович Сальков) (born 1 April 1937 in Stalino, USSR, now Ukraine) is a Russian-Ukrainian football manager and former defender. He is a Merited Coach of Ukraine (1975) and a Merited Coach of the USSR (1989). He is considered to be one of the most legendary players and managers in the history of Shakhtar Donetsk.

Player's career

Salkov played for the youth team of FC Shakhtar Donetsk, then for their senior team in 1960-1969. Before, he played for SKVO Orenburg and Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev. Salkov won the Soviet Cup twice (1961, 1962) with Shakhtar. Salkov played for Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Coaching

After finishing his playing career in 1969 Salkov worked in Metallurg Zhdanov at first and later back for his native Shakhtar Donetsk. In 1988 he won the Olympic gold with the Soviet team. He has also managed various clubs from USSR, Russia, and Ukraine and two national teams (USSR and Uzbekistan). Salkov won Olympic gold as an assistant coach with the Soviet team at the 1988 Summer Olympics. In 1980s he led several Soviet national youth football teams. Salkov also was an assistant manager of Uzbekistan national team.

Salkov also was a sporting director at CSKA Moscow (from 2005).

Honours

As player

• Soviet Cup (with Shakhtar Donetsk)

• Champion (2): 1961, 1962

As coach

• 1988 Summer Olympics (with Soviet team)

• Olympic gold (1): 1988 (as an assistant)

• Ukrainian Cup (with Shakhtar Donetsk)

• Champion (1): 1995

• Soviet Top League (all with Shakhtar Donetsk)

• Runner-up, silver (1): 1975
• Runner-up, bronze (1): 1978

• Soviet Cup (with Shakhtar Donetsk)

• Finalist (1): 1978

• Russian Premier League (with Rotor Volgograd)

• Runner-up, silver (1): 1993

External links

• Statistics at KLISF (Russian)
• Profile at RussiaTeam (Russian)