Myron Markevych

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Myron Markevych
Personal information
Full nameMyron Bohdanovych Markevych
Date of birthFebruary 1, 1951
Place of birthVynnyky, Lviv oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Playing positionmidfielder (retired)
Club information
Current team
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1972Karpaty Lviv reserves
1973SKA Lviv
1974Spartak Ordzhonikidze
1976–1977Torpedo Lutsk59(7)
Teams managed
1984–1987Torpedo Lutsk
1988–1989Podillya Khmelnytskyi
1990Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
1991–1992Volyn Lutsk
1992–1995Karpaty Lviv
1995Podillya Khmelnytskyi
1996Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
1996–1998Karpaty Lviv
1999–2001Metalurh Zaporizhya
2001–2002Karpaty Lviv
2002Anzhi Makhachkala
2002–2004Karpaty Lviv
2005–2014Metalist Kharkiv
2010Ukraine
2014–Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Myron Bohdanovych Markevych (Ukrainian: Миро́н Богда́нович Марке́вич; born February 1, 1951 in Vynnyky, Lviv oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a former football midfielder and current head coach of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League[1] and former head coach of the Ukrainian national football team.[2][3] He holds the record for coaching the most matches (500 as on August 15, 2011) in the Ukrainian Premier League.[4]

Career

Playing

As a midfielder used to play for FC Karpaty Lviv (reserves), SCA Lviv, FC Spartak Ordzhinikidze, and FC Torpedo Lutsk.

Coaching

He was graduated from the Institute of Physical Education (Lviv) and the Supreme school of coaches in Moscow in 1983. Coached a wide variety of teams, devoting most of his career to FC Karpaty Lviv. Currently he is the coach of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

Markevych was appointed head coach of Ukraine's national football team early February 2010,[5] but resigned late August 2010.[3] On 21 August 2010 the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) received by fax a petition of Markevych for his resignation. The legal department of FFU, however, stated that such a document can only be submitted in its original form and the fax copy can not really be accepted.[6][7] However, his resignation was accepted and he was replaced by Yuriy Kalitvintsev as caretaker manager.[8][9]

Personal information

He is fluent in English and Polish. He is married and is the father of two sons.

Graffiti. 2010

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