Semen Altman

Semen Altman
Altman in 2011
Personal information
Full name Semen Yosypovych Altman
Date of birth (1946-04-21) 21 April 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth Chuhuiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Kyiv Sport School #1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965 Kolhospnyk Rivne 3
1965–1966 Volyn Lutsk 15
1966–1972 Chornomorets Odesa 70
1973 Zvezda Tiraspol
1974 Lokomotyv Kherson
1975 Zvezda Tiraspol
Managerial career
1982–1988 Chornomorets Odesa
1989–1991 Dynamo Moscow
1991–1994 Chornomorets Odesa
1994–1996 Korea Olympic team
1996–1999 Zimbru Chişinău
1999–2002 Metalurh Donetsk
2003–2006 Ukraine (assistant)
2003–2007 Chornomorets Odesa
2007 Illychivets Mariupol
2008 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
2010 Ukraine (assistant)
2011–2012 Tavriya Simferopol
2019 Moldova
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Semen Yosypovych Altman (Ukrainian: Семен Йосипович Альтман, born 21 April 1946) is a Ukrainian football coach and former goalkeeper. He is of Jewish ancestry.[1]

Semen's son, Hennadiy Altman is also a goalkeeper and has followed his father to many of the teams Semen has coached over the years.

Career

Altman played for Kolhospnyk (Rivne), Volyn (Lutsk), Chornomorets (Odesa), Zvezda (Tiraspol), Lokomotiv (Kherson).

Coach

He has worked as a coach of FC Chornomorets Odesa (1982–88), FC Dynamo Moscow (1989–91), Chornomorets (1991–94), Korea Olympic team (1994–96), FC Zimbru Chișinău (1996–99), Metalurh Donetsk (1999–2002), and Chornomorets again (2003–2007). Semen Altman was also Oleh Blokhin's assistant coach for the Ukraine national football team from 2003 to 2006. In 2007 Altman was replaced by Vitaliy Shevchenko at Chornomorets. In 2007, he was hired by FC Illychivets Mariupol as head coach on a one-year contract. On 14 December 2007, Semen was unexpectedly sacked, despite winning the first leg of the quarterfinal Ukrainian Cup match against his former club Chornomorets, and the club sitting in 2nd place at the time. In October 2008 he was appointed as head-coach of FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.

In late 2019 he was Moldova's coach for 4 matches in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, which included a 0–1 loss to Andorra.[2] In the 2021-22 season he was part of FC Balkany Zorya coaching staff, which competed in Ukrainian Second League.[3]

Honours

As Coach

References

  1. ^ "Спорт - Центральный Еврейский Ресурс. Сайт русскоязычных евреев всего мира. Еврейские новости. Еврейские фамилии". Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Semen Altman, la 75 de ani!". fmf.md (in Romanian). 21 April 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Семен Альтман вошел в тренерский штаб Балкан". football.ua (in Ukrainian). 1 July 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2024.