Background
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.
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.
Altman played for Kolhospnyk (Rivne), Volyn (Lutsk), Chornomorets (Odessa), Zvezda (Tiraspol), Lokomotiv (Kherson). Coach He has worked as a coach of Football Club Chornomorets Odessa (1982-1988), Football Club Dynamo Moscow (1989-1991), Chornomorets (1991-1994), of Korea Olympic team (1994-1996), Football Club Zimbru Chişinău (1996-1999), 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 Football Club 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 Football Club Luch-Energiya Vladivostok. As Coach 2006.
2006 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup Quarter-finalist (as assistant-coach) Ukrainian Premier League Bronze medals: 2001-2002, 2002-2003 (both with Metalurh Donetsk). 2005-2006 (with Chornomorets Odessa) Moldovan National Division (all with Football Club Zimbru Chişinău) Champion: 1997-1998, 1998-1999 Silver medals: 1996-1997 Moldova Cup Winner: 1996-1997, 1997-1998.