Semen Altman

Semen Yosypovych Altman (, born 21 April 1946) is a Ukrainian football coach and former goalkeeper. He is of Jewish ancestry.

Semen's son, Hennadiy Altman is also a goalkeeper and has followed his father to many of the teams Semen has coached over the years.

Career Altman played for Kolhospnyk (Rivne), Volyn (Lutsk), Chornomorets (Odesa), Zvezda (Tiraspol), Lokomotiv (Kherson).

Coach He has worked as a coach of FC Chornomorets Odesa (1982–88), FC Dynamo Moscow (1989–91), Chornomorets (1991–94), Korea Olympic team (1994–96), FC Zimbru Chișinău (1996–99), Metalurh Donetsk (1999–2002), and Chornomorets again (2003–2007). Semen Altman was also Oleh Blokhin's assistant coach for the Ukraine national football team from 2003 to 2006. In 2007 Altman was replaced by Vitaliy Shevchenko at Chornomorets. In 2007, he was hired by FC Illychivets Mariupol as head coach on a one-year contract. On 14 December 2007, Semen was unexpectedly sacked, despite winning the first leg of the quarterfinal Ukrainian Cup match against his former club Chornomorets, and the club sitting in 2nd place at the time. In October 2008 he was appointed as head-coach of FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok.

In late 2019 he was Moldova's coach for 4 matches in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, which included a 0–1 loss to Andorra. In the 2021-22 season he was part of FC Balkany Zorya coaching staff, which competed in Ukrainian Second League.

In the summer of 2025, Semen Altman joined the staff of Denys Kolchin, who headed the SeaSters.

Honours

As Coach 2006 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalist (as assistant-coach) Ukrainian Premier League Bronze medals: 2001–02, 2002–03 (both with Metalurh Donetsk); 2005–06 (with Chornomorets Odesa) Moldovan National Division (all with FC Zimbru Chișinău) Champion: 1997–98, 1998–99 Silver medals: 1996–97 Moldova Cup Winner: 1996–97, 1997–98