Career
Club Porkuyan began playing for the youth team of Kirovohrad’s local club, Zvezda. In 1962 he made the transition to the senior team of Zvezda. After three successful seasons there he was spotted by a former Chernomorets Odessa player and then assistant coach, Matvey Cherkassky, who helped him transfer from the Soviet Second League B to the Soviet Top League club Chernomorets.
That season he played alongside Valeri Lobanovsky, who was finishing up his playing career in Odessa.
His form there attracted the attention of many top clubs, including Spartak Moscow and Dnipro, but he was eventually moved to Dynamo Kyiv. At 21 years of age he made the first team in his first season with the team
But despite those triumphs he failed to secure a spot in a very competitive team at the time. In 1970 he made a return to Odessa to once again play with Chornomorets.
He had two solid seasons there, despite the club being relegated to the Soviet First League.
In 1972 he was invited to move to Dnipro, who were coached by his former teammate Valeri Lobanovsky. He made the majority of his playing appearances with Dnipro in the 4 years he spent there. He retired from playing in 1976.
National He earned 8 caps and scored 4 goals for the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics national football team
Incredibly he scored his four goals in his first three international matches during the 1966. He also was selected to play in the 1970, but did not play any matches.
He is the only active player of Football Club Chornomorets Odessa to have featured in a World Cup team After retiring from playing he moved into coaching the following year in 1976, becoming assistant coach with South Carolina Tavriya Simferopol.
Along the way he had stints coaching amateur teams playing in the lower divisions.
But since the 1980s he, almost continuously, has been connected with Chornomorets Odessa in a coaching capacity.