Oleksiy Drozdenko – the legendary football player and Shakhtar coach died – Sport
Oleksiy Drozdenko passed away at the age of 83.
On Sunday, December 15, the former football player and coach of Shakhtar Donetsk died at the age of 83. Oleksiy Drozdenko.
The press service of “miners” reported the tragic news. The cause of death is not specified.
Drozdenko is a student of Donbas football, he started his sports career in his native town of Chistyakovo, played for the double “Miners”, and in 1962 made his debut in the base of “Shakhtar” Donetsk.
Oleksiy played for the Donetsk team as a defender for 11 seasons, played 165 matches. Three times he was included in the list of the 33 best players of the Ukrainian SSR. In 1971-1972, he was the captain of the “orange and black”.
After the end of his football career, Drozdenko was a member of the coaching staff of the Donetsk team (1979-1983, 1989-1994, 1997-1999, 1999-2002), was the acting head coach of Shakhtar (October-November 1999), worked at ..
