Oleg Kononov

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Georgiyevich and the family name is Kononov.

Oleg Kononov

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Personal information
Full name	Oleg Georgiyevich Kononov
Date of birth	(1966-03-23) 23 March 1966
Place of birth	Kursk, Russia
Team information
Current team	Krasnodar (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1985	Iskra Smolensk
1986–1988	Dnepr Mogilev	70	(8)
1989	Zarya Voroshilovgrad	8	(0)
1989–1992	KIM Vitebsk	101	(9)
1992–1993	SGV Freiberg
1993–1994	Stroitel Vitebsk	1	(0)
1994–1995	Ruch Chorzów	3	(0)
1996–1997	Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk	59	(3)
1998–1999	Torpedo-MAZ Minsk	30	(9)
Managerial career
2001-2002	Torpedo Minsk (assistant)
2003	Lokomotiv Minsk (assistant)
2004	Metalurh Zaporizhia (assistant)
2005–2008	Sheriff Tiraspol (assistant)
2008–2011	Karpaty Lviv
2012–2013	Sevastopol
2013–	Krasnodar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleg Georgiyevich Kononov (Russian: Олег Георгиевич Кононов, Belarusian: Алег Георгіевіч Конанаў, Aleh Heorhiyevich Konanaw, born 23 March 1966 in Kursk) is a Russian-Belarusian coach and retired footballer who currently manages FC Krasnodar.

Playing career

Oleg Kononov began his playing career in Russia at Iskra Smolensk in 1983.

He later moved to Belarus, where he would play for various clubs until 1999.

In 1998 was named the Player of the year in Belarusian Premier League. As a player he with KIM Vitebsk became the runner-up of the Belarusian Premier League.

Managing career

Sheriff Tiraspol

The most glory Kononov attained as a coach, was while in charge of FC Sheriff Tiraspol. His team became the champions in Moldovan National Division three times (2004/05-2006/07), was the Moldavian Cup holder in 2006, and the Moldovan Super Cup in 2005.

Karpaty Lviv

On 9 June 2008, Kononov was invited to take charge of Ukrainian Premier League club Karpaty Lviv following the resignation of Valery Yaremchenko. He brought a new style of play to the team, including the use of a 4-3-3 formation which emphasizes the flanks instead of the usual 4-4-2 formation. At the end of the 2008-09 season, Karpaty finished in the season in middle of the league at 9th place. Kononov enjoyed more success the next season, guiding Karpaty to top 8 in the Ukrainian Cup where they were eliminated by eventual finalists Metalurh Donetsk. They also finished fifth in the league and therefore qualifying for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League, where after impressively passing Galatasaray S.K. in the Playoff Round, finished last in Group J with 1 point.

Krasnodar

He took over the management of FC Krasnodar early in the 2013–14 Russian Premier League and led them for the first time to the European competition, taking 5th spot in the league and qualifying for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. In 2014-15 season they defeated, among others, Real Sociedad in the Europa League qualifiers and advanced to the group stage. They did not qualify for the knockout phase. Midway through the 2014–15 Russian Premier League competition, they reached the 2nd spot in the standings.

Honours

As coach

Sevastopol

• Ukrainian First League (1): 2012-13

Krasnodar

• Russian Football Premier League (3): 2014-15