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Hryhoriy Varzhelenko (Ukrainian: Григорій Тихонович Варжеленко; 8 March 1950) is a retired Soviet professional footballer who currently coaches.

Hryhoriy Varzhelenko

Personal information
Full name	Hryhoriy Tykhonovych Varzhelenko
Date of birth	(1950-03-08) 8 March 1950 (age 72)
Place of birth	Nikopol, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Position(s)	Second striker[1]
Youth career
–1967	SC Trubnik Nikopol
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1971	Trubnik Nikopol
1972–1974	Kolos Nikopol
1973	→ Avanhard Ordzhonikidze
Teams managed
1990	Start Eisk (ass't)
1996–1999	Metalurh Nikopol
2000	Polissia Zhytomyr
2004–2005	Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol
2010	Nikopol-Dnipriany
2016–2020	FC Nikopol
2020–2021	FC Nikopol (team's chief)
2021–	Skoruk Tomakivka (ass't)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Varzhelenko started in 1960s being invited to play for a factory team of Trubnik Nikopol.[2] He played for Nikopol professional clubs in 1960-1970s. He was forced to retire early at 24 due to knee injury.[2][1]

In 1990s, Varzhelenko began to coach including his home teams FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol and FC Nikopol as well as FC Polissya Zhytomyr.

As a coach, Varzhelenko became a first coach for such players like Dmytro Topchiyev, Pavlo Yakovenko, Mykola Kudrytskyi, and others.[1]

References

External links

• Hryhoriy Varzhelenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)

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