# Oleg Veretennikov

Oleg Aleksandrovich Veretennikov (Russian: Олег Александрович Веретенников; born 5 January 1970) is a professional Russian association football coach and a former international footballer who is an assistant coach with Kuban Krasnodar. He is the runner-up goalscorer in the history of Russian Premier League, and holds several other goalscoring records.

## Biography

Most of Veretennikov's successes have come with SC Rotor Volgograd, for whom he played in 1992–1999. During that time he scored 143 goals. He has also become the season's top goalscorer three times (in 1995, 1997, and 1998), which is also an unbeaten record. Veretennikov also holds a record for the most goals scored in one season (25 in 1995). He is also one of only three players (along with Viktor Panchenko and Mateo Cassierra) to score five goals in a league match (on 4 April 1998 against Shinnik).
Despite impressive goalscoring record, Oleg Veretennikov played only four unimportant matches for the national team.
In 2000–2001 Veretennikov had two short spells with foreign clubs, and then played in several First Division teams. In 2005, he returned to Rotor, playing in the Second Division. In 2009, he played in FC Volgograd. In the end of 2009 Veretennikov retired from playing and became a coach.
His son Pavel Veretennikov is a professional footballer now.

## Career statistics

| Club | Season | League | League | League | Ref. |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Ref. |
| Uralmash | 1986 | Soviet Second League (3rd tier) | 1 | 0 | |
| Uralmash | 1987 | Soviet Second League (3rd tier) | 9 | 1 | |
| Uralmash | Total | Total | 10 | 1 | – |
| Uralets Nizhny Tagil | 1988 | Soviet Second League (3rd tier) | 0 | 0 | |
| Uralmash | 1988 | Soviet Second League (3rd tier) | 26 | 2 | |
| Metallurg Sverdlovsk | 1989 | Soviet Second League (3rd tier) | 7 | 0 | |
| CSKA-2 Moscow | 1989 | Soviet Second League (3rd tier) | 8 | 0 | |
| SKA Rostov | 1989 | Soviet First League (2nd tier) | 16 | 1 | |
| SKA Rostov | 1990 | Soviet Second League (3rd tier) | 41 | 26 | |
| SKA Rostov | Total | Total | 57 | 27 | – |
| Uralmash | 1991 | Soviet First League (2nd tier) | 42 | 14 | |
| Uralmash | 1992 | Russian Premier League (1st tier) | 0 | 0 | |
| Uralmash | Total | Total | 42 | 14 | – |
| Rotor Volgograd | 1992 | Russian Premier League (1st tier) | 28 | 10 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 1993 | Russian Premier League (1st tier) | 33 | 19 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 1994 | Russian Premier League (1st tier) | 30 | 12 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 1995 | Russian Premier League (1st tier) | 29 | 25 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 1996 | Russian Premier League (1st tier) | 33 | 19 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 1997 | Russian Premier League (1st tier) | 34 | 22 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 1998 | Russian Premier League (1st tier) | 30 | 22 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 1999 | Russian Premier League (1st tier) | 29 | 12 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | Total | Total | 246 | 141 | – |
| Rotor-2 Volgograd | 1993 | Russian Second Division (3rd tier) | 1 | 0 | |
| Rotor-2 Volgograd | 1999 | Russian Second Division (3rd tier) | 3 | 1 | |
| Rotor-2 Volgograd | Total | Total | 4 | 1 | – |
| Aris | 1999–00 | Super League Greece (1st tier) | 7 | 0 | |
| Lierse | 2000–01 | Belgian First Division (1st tier) | 18 | 3 | |
| Sokol | 2001 | Russian Premier League (1st tier) | 15 | 2 | |
| Sokol | 2002 | Russian Premier League (1st tier) | 12 | 0 | |
| Sokol | Total | Total | 27 | 2 | – |
| SKA Rostov | 2002 | Russian First Division (2nd tier) | 9 | 2 | |
| Lisma-Mordovia Saransk | 2003 | Russian First Division (2nd tier) | 40 | 18 | |
| FC Uralan Elista | 2004 | Russian First Division (2nd tier) | 19 | 2 | |
| Zhenis Astana | 2004 | Kazakhstan Premier League (1st tier) | 14 | 4 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 2005 | Russian Second Division (3rd tier) | 23 | 14 | |
| Rotor Volgograd | 2006 | Russian Second Division (3rd tier) | 30 | 11 |
| Rotor Volgograd | 2007 | Russian Second Division (3rd tier) | 13 | 4 |
| Rotor Volgograd | Total | Total | 66 | 29 | – |
| Irtysch | 2007 | Kazakhstan Premier League (1st tier) | 13 | 2 |
| FC Astana | 2008 | Kazakhstan Premier League (1st tier) | 30 | 7 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 643 | 255 | – |

## Honours

* 1993 – Russian Premier League, runner-up
* 1995 – Russian Premier League, top scorer (25 goals)
* 1996 – Russian Premier League, 3rd position
* 1997 – Russian Premier League, runner-up
* 1997 – Russian Premier League, top scorer (22 goals)
* 1998 – Russian Premier League, top scorer (22 goals)
* 1993 – best attacking midfielder according to Sport-Express
* 1995 – best attacking midfielder according to Sport-Express
* 1997 – best attacking midfielder according to Sport-Express
* 1998 – best central midfielder according to Sport-Express
* 2005 – best player and best midfielder in the South Zone of Second Division according to Professional Football League.
* 2009 – best player and best midfielder of Russian Second Division, Zone South