Head coach of the CSKA football club. The Belarusian coach is raising Russian football in CSKA. Victor Goncharenko now

The army leadership announced in 2018 that it would extend the contract with the current player for two more seasons. CSKA coach Goncharenko. Commenting on this event, the culprit said that he was very glad that Russian football officials trust him to raise national football. Home support as stated CSKA coach, comes not so much from the team, but from the fans, who saw in him a true master of his craft.

Many believed that the appearance of a young specialist would not give the club any chance to get ahead. However former CSKA coach Leonid Slutsky stated that his replacement is a reliable partner, and he is confident in his potential. The first seasons in the football club were not long in coming, and now Russian football officials have firmly grasped CSKA coach Viktor Goncharenko, considering him a leading specialist who will “reanimate” domestic football.

But, if we look at his biography, it is difficult to call him a “Varangian”. In 2013 and 2014, Goncharenko led the Krasnodar team “Kuban”, after which he went to work for the Bashkir “Ufa”, where he lasted only 6 months and became the main face of the capital’s army team.

About former coach It is impossible to say anything bad about Slutsky. He led the team for 7 years, which is an extremely long time by football standards. During that period, the team became the Russian Champion three times, and also won the Super Cup and the Cup exactly two times in a row. But Last year was very stressful for Slutsky, according to him, 2016 was fatal for his fate, and this is said by a man who was only 45 years old at the time. The reason is a series of troubles in the composition and management of the Russian National Team, which he reluctantly led in 2015, as well as the most difficult situation before the Euro 2016 final. Slutsky at one point dropped out of the team Dzagoev, Denisov and. A shortage of personnel forced him to introduce into the team the young and promising athlete Golovin, who had recently joined the army club.

Failure in the national team at Euro 2016 forced Slutsky to return again to his previous position CSKA head football coach, but not for long. After his return, a streak of failures began to haunt the army team, where in the Champions League, the club, to the surprise of everyone, took last place in the group team round. At the National Championship, there was a noticeable gap with the main rival “Spartak” of up to 8 catastrophic points. Under the presidency of Evgeniy Giner, this would not have happened in principle; the leader himself would not have allowed this. All the failures could be explained, but Slutsky did not comment on the failures and announced his resignation from all posts.

Nobody tried to dissuade the former coach, his resignation was accepted, and in his last match with London Tottenham (the army team naturally lost with a score of 1:3), the largest TV channels in Russia broadcast programs with the general theme “Thank you, Coach!” dedicated to Slutsky.

Goncharenko’s arrival at the club became known back in 2015, but at that time Mikhalych (the players themselves gave him this nickname) was managing the Bashkir Ufa. Slutsky’s ideological ally also hoped that former manager will be able to revive the former glory of the army team for a record short term. But the miracle that everyone expected did not happen.

How Ufa let Goncharenko go to CSKA

To become head coach of CSKA you need to have good reasons, and the main thing is not to let your former partners down. The whole country knew about the crisis among the army team, Goncharenko successfully completed his career in Kuban, and he was offered to work in Ufa. The crisis in the club and problems with Slutsky were on everyone's lips. Before leaving for another club, each mentor had to fulfill the terms of the previous contract, otherwise he would not receive any compensation.

Shamil Gazizov, the president of Ufa, told how Goncharenko left for a new job.

“Each mentor must fulfill the terms of any contract before the deadline specified in the regulations. If he leaves ahead of schedule, then we will not compensate him for anything. But Goncharenko faced an interesting situation. It was written in our agreement that if Goncharenko leaves for another club, then he must compensate for the losses from his own pocket. But if he leaves football coach at CSKA, then he doesn't owe anything. Our task was to preserve what Viktor Mikhailovich had achieved and not to lose anything after he left for the army. Before moving to work in Moscow, Mikhalych did what was required of him and “Ufa” played quite successfully without his absence.”

Who is Mikhalych?

Active CSKA coach 2018, born in 1977. His homeland is the small Belarusian city of Khoiniki, which is located in the Gomel region. He began his career at the local youth sports school, and then at the Minsk RUOR. Victor still remembers the warm words of his first mentors Alexander Vergeichik and Yuri Pyshnik. Mikhalych played at RUOR until 1997, after which he moved to BATE (1998-2002). As a member of the club, he managed to win the Belarusian Championship twice (1999 and 2002). Twice in a row his main club won silver places - in 1998 and 2000, and in 2001 BATE won bronze. The football player’s career had to end on October 3, 2002, where the future coach of CSKA Moscow received a serious injury - a rupture of the cruciate ligament located on the left knee joint.

At the age of 25, Goncharenko ended his football career, after which he decided to receive a special sports education and successfully graduated from the Belarusian Institute of Physical Education (BGUFK) in 2004 with a degree in trainer. After finishing his studies, Goncharenko returned as a mentor, but until 2007 he played a supporting role in the club. Since 2009, BATE has triumphantly won European and Belarusian trophies. The talent of the young specialist attracted the attention of Russian football functionaries and in 2010 he was offered the post of coach at Lokomotiv, Goncharenko refused, although a year earlier, in 2009, he had already been offered to head Kuban.

Success Belarusian team made Russian and even Ukrainian football officials feverishly look for ways to approach the future CSKA coach now, but Goncharenko flatly refuses to move to foreign clubs. There were offers from Karpaty (Ukraine), CSKA (the club offered repeatedly, but Mikhalych stubbornly refused).

In 2013, Goncharenko gave up and moved to Kuban.

Work in Kuban

In 2013 he headed the club, a contract was signed for 4.5 years. Under his leadership, Kuban football players were able to rise to 5th all-Russian place in 2014, trailing the 2nd place leader by only 1 point after 13 rounds. The club offered him a rate of 1 million Euros for 12 months, but at the end of the same period, the board dismissed him with the wording “did not show harshness in dealing with football players”. The strange and idiotic wording became the subject of ridicule on the Internet and in the sports community.

Work in Ural

In 2015, Goncharenko went to work for Ural, the contract was signed for 3 seasons. The mentor managed to “pull” the team to 10th place, but after three months of work, Goncharenko resigns. The reason is a divergence of views on the further development of the club.

Work at CSKA (first experience)

He held the position of assistant coach from September 2015 to May 2016. Goncharenko adapted well to the team, but believed that he needed to go “independently” and left the position of head coach. Before this, he was again offered to lead the Belarusian BATE, but Victor delicately refused and preferred to stay in Russia.

Job in Ufa"

At the beginning of June 2016, a contract was signed for 2 seasons, with the possibility of extension for another period. Until December 2016, Goncharenko managed to lead the team to good positions, which led to Ufa reaching the quarterfinals in the winter season. On December 10, Goncharenko terminates his contract early and is invited to work for the army team.

Guiding Star Goncharenko

Starting from December 12, 2016, and to this day, Mikhalych leads the Moscow army. The team's success can be seen almost every day. The Belarusians did not forget their fellow countryman, and in 2017 he was recognized as the best Coach of the Year in Belarus. If you look at the entire path of the army team, you will notice that with the advent of Goncharenko, the club came to life and managed to prove to the Europeans that Russian football worth something.

According to Goncharenko, he believes that only two clubs gave him confidence in his coaching abilities, these are BATE and Ufa, while he spent almost 9 years in one club, and only six months in the other.

Under his leadership, the army team became a two-time winner of the Russian Championship (season 16/17 and 17/18), as well as the winner of the Russian Super Cup in 2018.

Belarus does not forget its fellow countryman and has recognized him as the best Coach of the Year 7 times since 2008 (in 2011, 2013 and 2015 Goncharenko was not a nominee).

During the entire period of mentoring, CSKA showed an excellent result in terms of winnings out of 64 games, 57.81% were winning, and the loss was only 13 games (data as of August 21, 2018).

Having won the Super Cup over Lokomotiv, Goncharenko said the following:

“The last thing our team wants to do now is listen to praises. Now the task is to recover and start playing in the new season. Expect surprises in the fall!”

Mikhalych considers it inappropriate to compare the army team with the Spartak team of 1996, where the club then became a champion due to the abundance of young players.

Viktor Mikhailovich has potential, because he is only 41 years old, and his mentoring experience shows that Russian football, even at the expense of the Varangians (although it is difficult to call a Belarusian a Varangian!), can still be competitive.

Calmness is the credo of a football leader

The head of the army, like all celebrities, does not like to talk about his personal life. It is known that he is married, his wife’s name is Margarita, he has a little son who, like his dad, is interested in football. The couple does not give interviews to anyone, but sometimes they post photos of the happy family life on Instagram. Margarita, however, once complained to reporters and said that she rarely sees her husband, mainly on TV. However, she considers him a workaholic and is always ready to lend him her shoulder.

Critics of the current CSKA coach accuse him of weak character. He doesn't argue with almost anyone. At least, there were no serious clashes with any player, not counting the situation with Ahmed Musa, who in the match with Dynamo committed a fine and did not shake his mentor’s hand, after which Goncharenko became furious with his ward. A little later, the incident was resolved, and the men stated that they had resolved the issue peacefully. However, many are surprised how the quiet and calm Mikhalych can manage such complex football clubs.

After his last match as the head coach of CSKA, he rushed to the fan stand to finally “talk frankly” with a boorish fan who once promised to buy an inflatable hippopotamus for the stand (he didn’t), give Wernbloom a car (he did) and constantly insulted the head coach.

The main reasons for Slutsky’s departure are easy to list. Fatigue after a difficult (coached both the club and the national team) and unsuccessful season: the failure of the national team, and the club was not in the Champions League zone, flew out of the Cup and the Champions League, and was even left without the Europa League.

After 7 years of successful work in the absence of money and the necessary personnel for a new rise - how can all this serve as motivation? We can recall the loss of support from fans, and the unpleasant story of Roman Eremenko’s disqualification for using cocaine (the press cited anonymous statements from players that other players on the team could take cocaine as a way to quickly recover from a hangover before training after a fun weekend! Believe it or not hard, but such a version exists), and uncertainty with the squad - for this championship season the club did not buy anyone (they only rented out Traore and Ionov, who did not live up to expectations), and what will happen in next year?

They are openly talking about the possible sale of Alan, the line of defense is that the brothers have long been of Balzac’s age, the young Golovin and Chalov are promising, but there is no way to build new team absolutely must new coach, and not the three-time Russian champion, in whom, I hope this is true, European clubs have interest.

Moreover, there is such a new coach. Slutsky number two. Slutsky never played professional football, Viktor Goncharenko played only in Belarus and finished at the age of 25 with an injury. He was already at CSKA - an assistant to Slutsky, who let him go to coach Ufa this year, but with a clause in the contract - the possibility of returning to the club if necessary. The need has arrived.

The heated discussion was not caused by possible changes in the composition of the new head coach, not by a discussion of his tactical model, not by forecasts of his success at the club, but by how to correctly spell his last name.

All his life in Russia they wrote his last name “Goncharenko”, and no one looked at his Belarusian passport (“Viktar Mikhailavich Gancharenka”), but becoming a CSKA coach was like a second life. Now there is a mixture of languages: Russian and Belarusian. So, in Russian they wrote - Goncharenko. In Belarusian - Gancharenka. It turned out - Gancharenko.

At the same time, the coach himself previously did not pay attention to the spelling of his last name. When issuing a passport for sovereign Belarus, the passport officer, instead of his birth name Goncharenko, wrote it in Belarusian “Gancharenko”. “All citizens were offered a choice of two spellings of their surname - traditional Soviet and Belarusian. I have a Belarusian transcription in my passport. Being young, I didn’t pay attention to such subtleties. I myself write my surname with the letter “o”, I’m used to it,” said future coach of CSKA.

They say that one day he wanted to correct this mistake, but he would have to fill out so many papers, change so many documents that he gave up and left everything as it was.

But since CSKA decided to start new life, maybe the Belarusian coach will decide to start all over again? And in CSKA’s application, and on the club’s official website, and on the official RFPL website, he is announced as Viktor Gancharenko.

Zenit fans recognized the surname - then still with an "o" - of Goncharenko in 2008, when the young Belarusian coach led his club BATE (Borisov) to the group stage of the Champions League. Goncharenko not only became the youngest coach in the history of this tournament, but also achieved a draw with Zenit at Petrovsky - 1:1. And here Zenit found itself in good company, because Goncharenko’s team played two draws with Juventus - both at home and away.

Naturally, the young coach forced himself to be respected, so people began to look at him Russian clubs. They wrote that Lokomotiv was interested in him, but Goncharenko remained in Belarus and for the first time in history Belarusian football led the team to the playoffs of the Champions League, where in the 1/16 finals they lost to PSG only due to the difference in goals at home and away.

Having signed a contract with Kuban, after 13 rounds Goncharenko was with the Krasnodar team in fifth place in the Russian Championship, 1 point behind second place, but was dismissed with the idiotic wording “due to a lack of rigidity in communicating with players.” After Goncharenko's dismissal, Kuban won only one match in this draw.

Another noisy resignation of Goncharenko was from Ural before the match with Terek, when there were strong suspicions about a contractual nature. Non-participation in behind-the-scenes games, of course, commands respect.

Now Viktor Gancharenko (let’s call him that at CSKA) must create a playing team with a minimum budget, carry out a change of generations and set some new goals for the players. Whether he will do it through “a” or through “o”, club owner Evgeniy Giner is not interested. The main thing is that the new coach does not ask for money. But this one is not used to asking.

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Although the appointment of Viktor Goncharenko has not yet been officially announced, it is already an “open secret.” Leonid Slutsky, who left the position of head coach of CSKA, did not hide the name of the successor, and in general such a step looks absolutely logical. It is reported that the contract with the specialist will be signed on Monday, December 12, as soon as CSKA President Evgeny Giner returns to Russia. Let's figure out what to expect from the army team under Goncharenko.

Last weekend in Minsk, Viktor Goncharenko was supposed to be awarded another prize as the best coach in Belarus at the end of the year. The specialist himself could not come to the ceremony - his Ufa had a match with Tom. Instead of himself, he sent his son Artyom, who was awarded the prize. And at Leonid Slutsky’s demobilization banquet in London, Viktor Mikhailovich was also not there, and again for a good reason - he had to thank the Ufa team for six months of joint work.

This is very characteristic of Goncharenko - leaving behind a good trail. He always tries to maintain dignity and, it should be noted, he succeeds. Although being a decent person in our time is not at all easy.

At one time, at the very peak of his career, Goncharenko did not leave BATE, although he had very lucrative offers. But at that moment, the president of the club, Anatoly Kapsky, became seriously ill and actually left the club to the head coach. And to let down an older comrade who helped him in Hard time, Viktor Mikhailovich could not. After all, it was thanks to Kapsky that after a severe injury, defender Goncharenko remained in the club and began his coaching career there. BATE has already sold most of the players who beat Bayern with Goncharenko, but the coach remained. When I couldn’t get into the European competition, I immediately wrote an application, but it was not accepted. And Goncharenko left at the end of the next season, having prepared a replacement in advance. At the request of the club, he transferred matters to his assistant Alexander Ermakovich, although at first it was assumed that they would move to Krasnodar together.

And in Kuban, the collaboration with Goncharenko left a bright mark. The team and the city loved him, the result was good, and so was the game. The fans did not understand why the coach was fired. In the 2014/15 season, the team went on a nine-game undefeated streak from the start and was in the lead. In the tenth round, I played away against the champion CSKA, got involved in open football and was beaten heavily. Then there was a fighting draw with Spartak (3:3), and a victory in Yekaterinburg. And the unexpected dismissal of the coach after the 13th round. With only one defeat and fifth place, one point from second! Formally, “due to the lack of rigidity in communicating with the players,” which caused laughter in the locker room. His place was taken by Leonid Kuchuk, with whom the Kuban team lost nine of the sixteen remaining matches and finished in a deep swamp. And the next year they were relegated from the Premier League.

Then there was Ural and the well-known situation with the debt to Terek. Goncharenko did not wash his dirty linen in public and quietly left. “Sorry, I don’t play such games.” But, in order not to let the club down, he left his assistant Vadim Skripchenko, with whom he worked together at BATE and Kuban. Thanks to the general attention caused by Goncharenko’s departure, Skripchenko got the opportunity to play fairly in the match with Terek and begin an independent career. True, a year later the situation repeated itself and he also left.

And then, last September, Goncharenko went “nowhere.” It was then that an offer came from Leonid Slutsky and the CSKA club. It was about joining the coaching staff and helping the head coach, who combined posts in the club and the national team. The proposal came from Slutsky himself, so a situation with “piracy” could not arise. Viktor Mikhailovich agreed.

It is worth noting that Goncharenko and Slutsky have known each other for a long time, since the times when they were considered the youngest coaches of the Champions League with their BATE and CSKA. They have a lot in common. Both were from small provincial towns, both were left without fathers early (Viktor Mikhailovich’s father took part in the Chernobyl epic and soon died from the consequences), and early felt responsibility for the family. AND football career it ended prematurely for them, except that Goncharenko still managed to play for the Belarusian youth team and run back eighty matches for BATE in the national championship. But already at 25, after breaking the “crosses”, he finished his performances. Goncharenko headed BATE in 2008, Slutsky CSKA in 2009. Viktor Mikhailovich is the best coach in Belarus in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and Leonid Viktorovich is the best coach in Russia for the seasons 2012/13, 2013/14, 2015/16. Both are absolute football fanatics, they try to understand the game on an intellectual, not an emotional level, they love to analyze and work on tactics. They follow everything that happens in world football and are constantly learning.

It is wrong to say that Goncharenko was the second coach of the army team or Slutsky’s assistant, this is an inaccurate definition. The second coach is the conductor of the main coach’s ideas, his person in the locker room, capable of explaining to the players in more detail and clearly what is required of them. At CSKA, these functions are assigned to Viktor Onopko and Sergei Ovchinnikov.

Slutsky needed Goncharenko more as an opponent for discussions, as a person capable of offering an alternative point of view. Previously, in this capacity we saw Valery Kuzmich Nepomnyashchiy, who, like Goncharenko, was always ready to express his point of view, argue, give advice, but not insist on its implementation. Goncharenko did the same and also tactfully did not interfere with Slutsky’s decisions and attitudes. And of course, such a role did not completely suit him, which he initially warned the army leadership about. Independent work is a priority for any coach. Therefore, the story with Ufa also looks extremely correct, and for all parties. It was agreed in advance that if the situation at CSKA changed, Goncharenko would return to Moscow; the Ufa residents knew about this from the beginning.

What will change in CSKA with the arrival of Goncharenko? Rumors about the departure of Onopko and Ovchinnikov are unlikely to come true, because Viktor Mikhailovich does not have his own headquarters to follow on his heels. That is, this is a matter of personal relationships between people, and not a change in the coaching team. Goncharenko, Onopko and Ovchinnikov worked together for almost a year, lived at training camps, and communicated. They have built some kind of relationship that will become decisive.

If we talk about the playing style, he will definitely become more aggressive. All of Goncharenko's teams acted assertively and tightly, trying to put a lot of pressure in the center and in the opponent's half. Sometimes they fought on the verge of acceptable harshness, sometimes even beyond the limit. Especially when there was a lack of skill, like, say, BATE in meetings with Bayern. This aggressive style is now in fashion, it is professed by Diego Simeone, Antonio Conte, Jurgen Klopp. When they lose the ball, their players run forward rather than backward, immediately trying to force a fight. They play as close to their opponents as possible, they don’t allow you to think calmly or even breathe. We see something similar with Ufa; it is no coincidence that its central defender Viktor Vasin is the best this season in terms of the number of interceptions. By the way, in terms of this indicator, the Ufa team is the leader of the Premier League, and in second place in terms of the number of fouls. And it is logical that Goncharenko wants to immediately return Vasin to CSKA (he is on loan at Ufa), because the army’s aged central defenders are unlikely to be able to play in such a manner. Previously, Ignashevich often pulled into the center of the field and played ahead, but now he is forced to take the gap - the starting speed is no longer the same.

It is possible that some of the other loaned army players will return to Moscow: Tkachev, Efremov, Panchenko, Bazelyuk. Goncharenko loves disciplined and selfless players who do not skimp on strength and do not take care of themselves or their opponents. However, what can you expect from a person who grew up in the traditions of “sincere football” by Eduard Malafeev - the stellar era of Belarusian sports.

Most likely, CSKA will try to play faster under Goncharenko. In any case, the long positional plays performed by his teams do not come to mind. But you can expect devastating flank attacks, maximum speed when leaving defense. He will likely need a fast, assertive forward who can play up front and a light-footed, technical wing. In principle, there are such players in the army team, the only question is their use. Much will depend on whether Alan Dzagoev, who does not hide his desire to leave for Europe, remains on the team. Without it, we will have to solve the problem of launching attacks differently.

One way or another, you shouldn’t expect major changes. Goncharenko is mentally close to Slutsky, and the stylistic differences in the coaching style often depend on the quality of the available players. Viktor Mikhailovich is one of those who tries to make the most of what is available, and not demand from the management to buy stars under the coaching concept. And this is exactly what CSKA needs now.

According to our newspaper, the first candidate to replaceDmitry Kvartalnovwas a famous specialistVyacheslav Bykov. After winning the KHL championship in the 2014/15 season with SKA, he left the coaching bridge. In October 2016, Bykov said that he was offered work in Switzerland (Bykov lives in this country) and Russia. Now Bykov is part of board of trustees local club Fribourg and advises the head coach of the team where he spent 8 years of his hockey career.

Will Bykov want to exchange a quiet and calm life in Switzerland for constant nerves in CSKA, where they will demand the Gagarin Cup from him, just like anyone else? But, perhaps, Bykov is one of those who is capable of achieving big victories with the Muscovites, so CSKA should try to persuade the eminent specialist to take the helm of the team.

ANDREY NIKOLISHIN
unemployed

According to our data, the greatest chances of becoming a CSKA coach are Andrey Nikolishin. His coaching career started in 2014. Then the young specialist headed Traktor. Under his leadership, the Chelyabinsk club managed to reach the playoffs, where they lost to Siberia in the first round. He also managed to work at Amur, with whom he failed to reach the playoffs of the 2015/16 season.

They say that at Traktor Nikolishin had a conflict with players who were not ready to train twice a day. And the CSKA hockey players, who were afraid to even smile under Kvartalnov, will definitely not be scared by this. One of Nikolishin’s significant advantages over other candidates is that he personally knows the president of the army club IgorEsmantovich.

IGOR NIKITIN
Ideologist Kvartalnova

After Kvartalnov’s dismissal from CSKA, the army leadership did not say a word about what fate awaited his assistant Igor Nikitin and other members of the coaching staff. Perhaps this happened due to the fact that CSKA is seriously considering Nikitin’s candidacy. However, he is the specialist who fully professed Kvartalnov’s ideology, also advocating strict discipline. And serious changes are ripe at CSKA. We need to change a philosophy that does not bring ultimate success. But not only can Nikitin be called an obvious supporter of Kvartalnov, but as a coach, he has not yet achieved great success. Therefore, his appointment to the post of army team mentor seems unlikely.

GORDIE DWYER
Young and perky

Perhaps CSKA should take a closer look at the former head coach of Medvescak Gordie Dwyer, who managed to turn the Croatian club into a rather nice team in two seasons. The 39-year-old specialist left Medvescak after the regular season of the current season, as he received an offer from the Swiss Ambri-Piotta. But if offered by CSKA, Dwyer may well leave the Swiss team and return to the KHL. After all, the army team will again set the task of winning the Gagarin Cup. And Doyer, like any other Canadian hockey player in the past, is a maximalist.

VYACHESLAV BUTSAEV
Perspective

Another free and promising specialist on the market. Vyacheslav Butsaevfor two seasons he reached the KHL playoffs with HC Sochi. But this season his team took only 9th place in Western Conference following the results of the regular season and was unable to continue the fight for the Gagarin Cup. After this, Butsaev had to leave Sochi.Note that Butsaev already worked with CSKA in the 2012/13 season. Then, with the army team, he took second place in the regular season and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

IGOR ZAKHARKIN
Ex-coach of Salavat Yulaeva

	Igor Zakharkin

The two-time winner of the Gagarin Cup can also be called a good candidate for the post of head coach of CSKA Igor Zakharkin, which this season was eliminated from the playoffs in the first round, losing to Ak Bars in five matches. According to the specialist, it was difficult for the Ufa team to win with such injuries.

The Bykov-Zakharkin tandem seems almost ideal, as it has always achieved success everywhere. With the Russian team, the specialists became two-time world champions, and with SKA and Salavat Yulaev they won the Gagarin Cup once. Maybe it would be appropriate for the army club to combine Zakharkin’s theoretical base and Bykov’s applied knowledge to achieve success?

Fate took away the opportunity from the young Belarusian football player Viktor Goncharenko, who promised to become a star, to enter the field as a player. However, the stubborn and purposeful man did not give up his favorite sport. He achieved success as a sports mentor, first in his native Belarus and now at CSKA Moscow.

Childhood and youth

The biography of the young coach begins in the small Belarusian town of Khoiniki on June 10, 1977. The boy's father, an ardent football fan, got his son addicted to the game. Before taking up sports, Victor was an excellent student at school, but soon his new hobby began to take up his energy and time.

Goncharenko began to spend many more evenings training at the local Youth Sports School and playing with the ball in the yard than studying homework. Already in childhood, the boy showed the qualities of a leader and commanded his peers on the field.

Unfortunately, my hometown young football player partially found himself in the affected area after the terrible Chernobyl accident. Victor’s father worked as a liquidator of the consequences of the disaster, which could not but affect the man’s health. In 1993 he passed away.

After the death of his father, Victor moves to the capital of Belarus, where he joins the team sports school RUOR, under the mentorship of Alexander Vergeichik and Yuri Pyshnik. There, in Minsk, he lives in a boarding school for young athletes.

The young man spent two years at RUOR, from 1995 to 1997, and already in 1998, the young promising footballer moved to BATE.

Football

Short (Viktor's height is about 171 cm), athletic (weight - 70 kg), the young athlete was ideal for a career as a defender. This position on the field was occupied by Goncharenko in the BATE team. At the same time, the young man was distinguished by active and aggressive behavior in the game. A distinctive feature of the football player was the tackle. Opponents were afraid of the young player, who riskily and unexpectedly threw himself under his feet, knocking the ball out from under the opponent’s boots.

Unfortunately, this tackle ended the footballer’s career. During training, while performing a signature move, 25-year-old Victor received a severe injury knee ligament. Joint surgery did not allow young man return to the game.

During the time spent at the club, the football player and the team twice became the national champion. It would seem that offensive bad luck, an injury that crossed out a career in the prime of sports talent, could unsettle a player. Viktor Goncharenko did not despair. Moreover, the young man did not say goodbye to his favorite sport.

Without delay, yesterday’s leader of BATE enters the Belarusian State University physical culture. Having received a diploma as a football coach in 2004, the newly minted mentor returns to his home club. There he trains the reserve team for two years, gaining experience and earning the authority of the team leader.

Already in 2007, Victor took over the position of senior coach of the main team, and a little later he was awarded the title of head coach of BATE. Having started training, he significantly increased the club’s merits on the international field: the team’s success in the Champions League - BATE entered the main round for the first time.

Moreover, FC, which has never occupied the first line of ratings in international tournaments, was able to draw with Juventus and Zenit. The status of the best club in Belarus was secured by winning the national championship. Victor Goncharenko, despite his young age, rightfully took 17th place as the best trainer of the year according to the International Federation football history and statistics.

The sensational victory of the Belarusians over the legendary Bayern with a score of 3:1 on their home field in Minsk in 2012 was a triumph for the team and coach. The resounding success of the coach of the Belarusian club immediately aroused interest Russian teams. More than once rumors surfaced in the press about Victor’s transfer to the coaching staff of Kuban, Lokomotiv, and CSKA. Nevertheless, Goncharenko remained faithful to BATE.

In 2013, Goncharenko finally left the Belarusian BATE and became the head coach of Krasnodar Kuban, signing a contract for 4.5 years. Despite a successful start to the season, bringing victories to the club, in 2014 the management of Krasnodar made an unexpected decision to terminate contractual obligations.

The press was given an ambiguous reason for the coach's excessive softness. The fans were indignant, but this did not change anything, and the Belarusian left Kuban. However, the talented man was not left without work for long. In the summer of 2015, Goncharenko took over as head coach of Ural. True, the cooperation also did not work out, and already in September the parties terminated the contract by mutual agreement.

In the same September, the coach joined the CSKA headquarters, the team. As a senior coach of one of best clubs Russia, an ambitious man wants independence and development. Therefore, in 2016, after leaving CSKA, Goncharenko became the head coach of Ufa.

At the end of 2016, Victor returned to CSKA, only to the post of head coach, replacing Slutsky in this field.

Personal life

Like many famous people, Victor tries not to advertise the details of his family life too much. Although he does not hide his love and attention to his wife Margarita and son, who, by the way, is also interested in football. Joint photos of the family on official page trainer in "Instagram" fully confirm the harmony that reigns between the spouses.

True, Margarita complained in an interview that she rarely sees her husband and he sometimes appears on the TV screen more often than at home. But the woman understands the importance and responsibility of Goncharenko’s work. The wife admits that Victor is a typical workaholic who is always busy thinking about sports and work.

Despite the fact that it was previously mentioned that Victor was too gentle as a mentor, the stories of the football players’ wards indicate the opposite. The players talk about the coach's strictness but fair approach. For being late, penalties are imposed, and for gross mistakes - even removal from training. At the same time, Victor can joke, defusing the intensity of passions.

Fans remember the moment the mentor clashed with during the match with Dynamo in 2018. Having replaced a football player who had not lived up to his confidence on the field, the coach reacted very emotionally to the behavior of his ward. The fact is that Ahmed did not shake hands with the mentor when returning from the field to the bench. Rumor has it that Victor, in the heat of passion, swore at Musa and waved his arms. Goncharenko later commented on the incident, saying that the men sorted it out and came to the conclusion that the coach would demand full dedication from the player on the field.

Victor Goncharenko now

Currently, the Belarusian remains in the position of head coach of CSKA. In 2018, the army team took second place in the Russian Championship, losing their place to the leader Lokomotiv. The coaching staff hopes for victories next season both in Russia and on the Champions League field.

It is worth noting that in his native Belarus they do not forget about his talented compatriot, and on December 19, 2017, Goncharenko was recognized as the country's coach of the year.