Yevhen Lemeshko (; 11 December 1930 – 2 June 2016) was a Ukrainian football player and coach as well as chairman of the Council of Veteran Footballers.
Club career Lemeshko started his football career as a player for FC Dynamo Kyiv, but due to an injury he continued his football career as a coach.
International career In 1956 Lemeshko played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.Football at the 1956 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
Coaching career In 1980, Lemeshko became a Merited Coach of Ukraine. TeamNatFromToRecordGWDLWin % Podillia 1961 1965 Karpaty July 1966 August 1967 Євгену Лемешку виповнилось вісімдесят!«Разговор с прошлым»: Евгений Лемешко Desna August 1967 December 1967 1963-1969 Podillia 1968 1970 MFC Mykolaiv 1971 1974 Krystal March 1976 Херсонский футбол: от истоков до наших дней December 1976 Metalist January 1977 December 1988 Torpedo Zap June 1989 23 April 1993 "Торпедо" (Запорожье) - "Металлург" (Запорожье) 1:3 (0:3) "Торпедо" (Запорожье) - "Карпаты" (Львов) 3:2 (1:1) Podillia 1 May 1993 30 June 1993 Metalist 1 August 1993 December 1993Total
Death Lemeshko died on 2 June 2016 at the age of 85.Yevhen LEMESHKO has passed away
Personal information Lemeshko was a father-in-law of Oleh Protasov.
Honors Coach Sudnobudivnyk Champion of Ukraine: 1974
Metalist Kharkiv Champion of Ukraine: 1978 Champion USSR: 1981 USSR Cup: 1983, 1988
Torpedo Zaporizhia Champion of Ukraine: 1990
See also List of football managers with the most matches
References
External links Lemeshko only five years younger than Metalist (Obozrevatel, 14 December 2005) Brief profile at klisf History of Karpaty Lviv Interview to the Ukrainian daily "Den" (23 July 1998)
Interview of Volodymyr Danylyuk when he's mentioning Lemeshko as the coach of Karpaty (Sport-glavred, 29 July 2010) Interview of Volodymyr Linke (Metlaist's all-time top scorer) who talks about Lemeshko (27 March 2008)