Ihor Cherkun

Ihor Cherkun (Ukrainian: Ігор Валентинович Черкун; 17 February 1965 – 24 September 2021) was a Soviet and Ukrainian football defensive player and coach.

Ihor Cherkun
Personal information
Full name Ihor Valentynovych Cherkun
Date of birth (1965-02-17)17 February 1965
Place of birth Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Date of death 24 September 2021(2021-09-24) (aged 56)
Place of death Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1978–1982 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 0 (0)
1984 Tavriya Simferopol 0 (0)
1984–1985 Pnevmatyk Simferopol (amateurs) ? (?)
1986 Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 36 (4)
1987–1990 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 102 (2)
1990–1996 Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 171 (6)
1996–1997 Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad 4 (0)
1997 Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 14 (0)
1998–1999 Viktor Zaporizhzhia 30 (1)
Managerial career
2007–2014 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (youth team)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Melitopol, Cherkun was a product of Metalurh Zaporizhzhia youth sportive school system. His first trainer was Viktor Leyner. In 1981, under coach Oleksandr Tomakh, he began to play for Metalurh's double team. He started playing in the attack, later due to his tall stature he was transferred to the position of defender. In 1984 he was drafted into the army. For five months he served in the motorized infantry unit in Mykolayiv, during the service he played in the championship of the division, where he was spotted and transferred to Simferopol, where he got into the double of the local "Tavria". However, after the appointment of Anatoliy Konkov as the club's coach, the servicemen stopped being involved in the main team, and Cherkun played the rest of the service at an amateur level.[1]

After demobilization he returned to Zaporozhzhia and played in the local teams. As part of Torpedo Zaporizhzhia Cherkun held the first championship of independent Ukraine. He made his debut in the Vyshcha Liha on 7 March 1992, appearing in the starting line-up in an away match against Tavriya Simferopol.

After retirement from playing career, he worked as children football trainer.[2]

References
  1. Ігор Черкун: "Впоратися з нашою комбінацією з Бондаренком не міг ніхто" (in Ukrainian). footboom.com. 30 September 2021.
  2. Черкун: "Когда отказался сдать игру, меня пообещали убить" (in Russian). football.ua. 30 September 2021.
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