Hryhoriy Varzhelenko

Hryhoriy Varzhelenko (8 March 1950 – 16 February 2024) was a Soviet and Ukrainian football coach and player.

Varzhelenko started in 1960s being invited to play for a factory team of Trubnik Nikopol. He played for Nikopol professional clubs in 1960-1970s. He was forced to retire early at 24 due to knee injury.

In 1990s, Varzhelenko began to coach including his home teams FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol and FC Nikopol as well as FC Polissya Zhytomyr.

As a coach, Varzhelenko became a first coach for such players like Dmytro Topchiyev, Pavlo Yakovenko, Mykola Kudrytskyi, and others.

Varzhelenko died on 16 February 2024, at the age of 73.