Anatoliy Demyanenko

Icon CB, also CDM Right-footed leaderanchor

Rating

Caps

Goals

Life

1959

Clubs

FC Dnipro, FC Dynamo Kyiv, RTS Widzew Łódź

Honours

Hall of Fame

Editorial rank of 33 for Ukraine

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The people's rank, live from duel votes

The archetypal Dynamo Kyiv leader marshalled the Soviet defence with authority, earning multiple domestic titles and a European Cup Winners' Cup in 1986. Career record: 80 caps and 6 goals for Ukraine; club career at FC Dnipro, FC Dynamo Kyiv, RTS Widzew Łódź; honours include Hall of Fame.

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Around Demyanenko in the almanac

One rank above: Andriy Yarmolenko at #8.

One rank below: Ihor Belanov at #10.

Ukraine's editorial top five: Andriy Shevchenko · Oleh Blokhin · Anatoliy Tymoshchuk · Oleh Protasov · Oleksandr Shovkovskyi.