Semen Yosypovych Altman (, born 21 April 1946) is a Ukrainians 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.
Honours
As Coach
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2006 FIFA World Cup
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Quarter-finalist (as assistant-coach)
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Ukrainian Premier League
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Bronze medals: 2001–02, 2002–03 (both with Metalurh Donetsk); 2005–06 (with Chornomorets Odesa)
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Moldovan National Division (all with FC Zimbru Chișinău)
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Champion: 1997–98, 1998–99
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Silver medals: 1996–97
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Moldovan Cup
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