| Hryhoriy Varzhelenko | |
| Full Name: | Hryhoriy Tykhonovych Varzhelenko |
| Birth Date: | 1950 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Position: | Second striker[1] |
| Youthyears1: | –1967 |
| Youthclubs1: | SC Trubnik Nikopol |
| Years1: | 1967–1971 |
| Clubs1: | Trubnik Nikopol |
| Years2: | 1972–1974 |
| Years3: | 1973 |
| Manageryears1: | 1990 |
| Managerclubs1: | Start Eisk (ass't) |
| Manageryears2: | 1996–1999 |
| Managerclubs2: | Metalurh Nikopol |
| Manageryears3: | 2000 |
| Manageryears4: | 2004–2005 |
| Manageryears5: | 2010 |
| Managerclubs5: | Nikopol-Dnipriany |
| Manageryears6: | 2016–2020 |
| Manageryears7: | 2020–2021 |
| Managerclubs7: | FC Nikopol (team's chief) |
| Manageryears8: | 2021– |
| Managerclubs8: | Skoruk Tomakivka (ass't) |
Hryhoriy Varzhelenko (uk|Григорій Тихонович Варжеленко; 8 March 1950 – 16 February 2024) was a Soviet and Ukrainian football coach and player.
Varzhelenko started in 1960s being invited to play for a factory team of Trubnik Nikopol.[2] He played for Nikopol professional clubs in 1960-1970s. He was forced to retire early at 24 due to knee injury.[2] [1]
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.[1]
Varzhelenko died on 16 February 2024, at the age of 73.[3]