Mykola Pavlov

Mykola Pavlov
Personal information
Full name Mykola Petrovych Pavlov
Date of birth 20 June 1954 (1954-06-20) (age 57)
Place of birth Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Vorskla Poltava (Manager)
Youth career
1967–1972 Vostok Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1972–1975 Dynamo Brest ? (?)
1976–1978 Krylia Sovetov 62 (1)
1979–1981 Dynamo Minsk 91 (1)
1982 Chernomorets Odessa 24 (0)
1983–1984 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 52 (4)
National team
1984 USSR 1 (0)
Teams managed
1988 Kolos Nikopol
1989–1990 Tavriya Simferopol
1990 Krystal Kherson
1992–1994 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
1992, 1994 Ukraine
1995–1996 Dynamo Kyiv
1996–1997 Tavriya Simferopol
1997–2004 Illychivets Mariupol
2006 Stal Alchevsk
2007– Vorskla Poltava
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mykola Petrovych Pavlov (Ukrainian: Микола Петрович Павлов) (Russian: Николай Петрович Павлов) (born 20 June 1954 in Kiev, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union, now Ukraine) is a former Ukrainian football defender, and currently head-coach of FC Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League.

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Playing career

Pavlov began his playing career in 1972, playing for “Spartak Brest”, (later renamed “Bug Brest”, now FC Dynamo Brest) in the Belarusian SSR. The club played in the old Soviet Second League. After three years there he moved to Krylia Sovetov, a club in the Soviet Top League. Four seasons and three years later, in 1979 he moved back to Belarusian SSR to play for their best team in the Soviet Top League, Dynamo Minsk. Another 3 years later, in 1982 he was on the move once again, this time back to Ukraine to play in Odessa for Chernomorets Odessa. The following season he moved to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. His two seasons there were the most successful of his career. He became the USSR champion in 1983, and won the bronze medal the following year (1984).

International career

Pavlov was capped once for the USSR. He played in a 2-1 friendly loss against West Germany, on 28 March 1984 in Hanover.

Coaching career

In 1988 Pavlov took up the head-coach position of Kolos Nikopol. During the 1990s he coached Tavriya Simferopol, Krystal Kherson, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. While coach of Dnipro he was brought on to be the caretaker head-coach of the Ukraine national football team. In the 1995–96 season Pavlov was coach of Dynamo Kyiv, leading them to a Ukrainian League title. Following Dynamo he has coached other Ukrainian clubs, including a return to Tavriya Simferopol, then at FC Illychivets Mariupol (7 years there), and FC Stal Alchevsk. In the winter of 2007 he was brought in as head-coach at FC Vorskla Poltava. In his first season with the team he led them to a 8th place finish, and into the quarter-finals of Ukrainian Cup.

Honours

Player

Coach

Orders and special awards

References

  1. ^ (Ukrainian) Order of President of Ukraine № 729/2009

External links

FC Vorskla Poltava – current squad