title: Hryhoriy Varzhelenko
text: # Hryhoriy Varzhelenko
  
  Hryhoriy Varzhelenko (Ukrainian: Григорій Тихонович Варжеленко; 8 March 1950) is a Soviet football coach and former 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.
  
  