Semen Altman

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Semen Altman
Personal information
Date of birth	April 21, 1946 (1946-04-21) (age 62)
Place of birth	Chuhuiv, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	none
Youth clubs
	Kyiv Sport School #1
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1965 1965-1966 1966–1972 1973 1974 1975	Kolhospnyk (Rivne) Volyn (Lutsk) Chornomorets (Odesa) Zvezda (Tiraspol) Lokomotiv (Kherson) Zvezda (Tiraspol)	3 15 70
Teams managed
1982–1988 1989–1991 1991–1994 1994–1996 1996–1999 1999–2002 2003–2006 2003–2007 2007	FC Chornomorets Odessa Dinamo Moscow FC Chornomorets Odessa Korea Olympic team FC Zimbru Chişinău Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine (assistant) FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Illychivets Mariupol
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Semen Altman (Russian: Семён Альтман) (born April 21, 1946, in Chuhuiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian football coach. A former Ukrainian goalkeeper, Altman played for Kolhospnyk (Rivne), Volyn (Lutsk), Chornomorets (Odesa), Zvezda (Tiraspol), Lokomotiv (Kherson).

He has worked as a coach of FC Chornomorets Odessa (1982–88), Dinamo Moscow (1989–91), Chornomorets (1991–94), Korea Olympic team (1994–96), FC Zimbru Chişinău (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 December 14, 2007 he 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.

Semen’s son, Gennady Altman is also a goalkeeper and has followed his father to many of the teams Semen has coached over the years.

[edit] External links

• Chornormorets sign Shevchenko at UEFA.com