Viktor Hryhorovych Kaplun (Ukrainian: Віктор Григорович Каплун, Russian: Виктор Григорьевич Каплун; born 5 May 1958 in Zaporizhia) is a retired Ukrainian and Soviet football player of Jewish ethnicity.[1]

Viktor Kaplun
Personal information
Full name Viktor Hryhorovych Kaplun
Date of birth (1958-05-05) 5 May 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1977 FC Metalist Kharkiv
1978–1980 FC Dynamo Kyiv 50 (4)
1982–1984 FC Metalist Kharkiv 82 (0)
International career
1980 USSR 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Soviet Union
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Winner 1977 Tunisia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Honours edit

Soviet Union
Dynamo Kyiv
Metalist Kharkiv

International career edit

Kaplun played his only game for USSR on December 4, 1980 in a friendly against Argentina.

References edit

  1. ^ "Спорт - Центральный Еврейский Ресурс. Сайт русскоязычных евреев всего мира. Еврейские новости. Еврейские фамилии". Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2009.