Oleh Taran

Oleh Taran
Personal information
Full name	Oleh Anatolyevich Taran
Date of birth	11 January 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Ordzhonikidze, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1969–1973	Ordzhonikidze soccer school
1973–1977	Kyiv sport school
Senior career*
Years	Team
1977–1980	Dynamo Kyiv
1980	Chornomorets Odesa
1981–1982	SKA Odesa
1982	CSKA Moscow
1983–1988	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
1989	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
1990	Wydad Casablanca
1990	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
1990–1991	Tzafririm Holon
1991–1992	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
1992	Markaryds IF
1992–1993	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
1992–1993	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka
1992–1994	TSV Eltingen
1994–1995	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
1998	Dustlik Tashkent
Managerial career
1997–2001	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
2001–2002	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
2003	Slovan Bratislava
2007–2010	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
2012–2013	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
2013–2014	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
2018–2019	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
2020	Peremoha Dnipro (sporting director)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Soviet Union
FIFA U-20 World Cup
UEFA European Under-18 Championship
UEFA European U-18 Championships
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleh Anatolyevich Taran (Ukrainian: Олег Анатолійович Таран, romanized: Oleh Anatoliiovych Taran; born 11 January 1960) is a Ukrainian footballer coach and former player. He was a prolific forward who possessed a powerful shot and was capable of dribbling quickly and precisely. In 1983, he was named the Ukrainian Footballer of the Year.