Semen Altman

Semen Altman
	Altman in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Semen Yosypovych Altman
Date of birth	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
1965	Kolhospnyk Rivne
1965–1966	Volyn Lutsk
1966–1972	Chornomorets Odesa
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

2006 FIFA World Cup
- Quarter-finalist (as assistant-coach)
Ukrainian Premier League
- Bronze medals: 2001–02, 2002–03 (both with Metalurh Donetsk); 2005–06 (with Chornomorets Odesa)
Moldovan National Division (all with FC Zimbru Chișinău)
- Champion: 1997–98, 1998–99
- Silver medals: 1996–97
Moldova Cup
- Winner: 1996–97, 1997–98

References

^ "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.
^ "Semen Altman, la 75 de ani!". fmf.md (in Romanian). 21 April 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
^ "Семен Альтман вошел в тренерский штаб Балкан". football.ua (in Ukrainian). 1 July 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2024.

External links

Chornormorets sign Shevchenko at UEFA.com
Profile at KLISF

[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.

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