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.The football maestro has an anniversary. To the 60th anniversary of the Merited Coach of Ukraine Hryhoriy Varzhelenko (У футбольного маэстро юбилей. К 60-летию заслуженного тренера Украины Григория Варжеленко). www.nikopol-online.info. 12 April 2010 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.Помер головний тренер Нікополя Григорій Варжеленко. sportarena.com. 16 February 2024
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