Volodymyr Sysenko
Ukrainian football player and manager (1962–2025)
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Volodymyr Anatoliyovych Sysenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Анатолійович Сисенко, 19 April 1962 – 7 December 2025) was a Ukrainian football player and manager.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Volodymyr Anatoliyovych Sysenko | ||
| Date of birth | 19 April 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Shahrinav, Tajik SSR, USSR | ||
| Date of death | 7 December 2025 (aged 63) | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970s | Dushanbe | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978–1983 | Pamir Dushanbe | 17 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Dinamo Samarqand | 54 | (1) |
| 1986–1989 | Pamir Dushanbe | 93 | (0) |
| 1990 | Kuban Krasnodar | 32 | (0) |
| 1991 | Navbahor Namangan | 42 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Vorskla Poltava | 89 | (0) |
| 1995 | Kuban Krasnodar | 13 | (0) |
| 1995 | Okean Nakhodka | 18 | (0) |
| 1996 | Rubin Kazan | 13 | (0) |
| 1997 | Elektron Romny | 1 | (0) |
| 1997 | Lokomotyv Znamianka | 7 | (0) |
| 1998 | Zarafshon Navoiy | 24 | (0) |
| 2000 | Zhetysu Taldykorgan | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 410 | (1) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2014 | Poltava | ||
| 2019–2025 | Poltava | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Native of a Tajikistani village near Dushanbe, Sysenko made his professional debut at the end of the 1980 Soviet First League for Pamir Dushanbe coming as a substitute in home game against Fakel Voronezh. A little more play time he was given in 1982 and 1983, but eventually he was transferred out to Dinamo Samarqand for couple of seasons that was playing a tier below. In 1986–1989, Sysenko was a regular first-squad player for his hometown Pamir and made his debut in the 1989 Soviet Top League.
Around the time of the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1990–1994, Sysenko played for second-tier teams in the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan and Ukraine. In 1995, he returned to playing for Kuban and then moved to Nakhodka. After 1995, he played for lower-tier or amateur teams in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and Central Asia before retiring in 2000.
In 2011, he became one of the co-founders of SC Poltava which he also managed.[1][2][3]
Death
Sysenko died on 7 December 2025, at the age of 63.[4]
