Ihor Mykolayovych Yurchenko ( uk, Ігор Миколайович Юрченко; born in 5/9/1960) is the Soviet and

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

professional

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er known for his performance in the Ukrainian club Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. Ihor has a younger brother Mykola Yurchenko whose name is also tightly intertwined with the fate of the western Ukrainian club.

Playing career

He made his professional debut in the tournament for Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk in 1977. Throughout of his career played for different clubs of the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

such as

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

SKA Rostov-na-Donu FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (russian: ФК СКА Ростов-на-Дону) is a Russian association football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club's history includes becoming runners-up of the Soviet Top League in 1966 and winning the Soviet Cup in ...

, and

Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 a ...

. With the fall of the Soviet Union Yurchenko was on the roster of the football club Prykarpattia which was placed in the

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League'') ...

in 1992 after finishing second in the Soviet fourth division. He stayed with the club before its return to the Premiers after the 1994-95 season, becoming the playing coach for the team. Yurchenko soon after the club secured its place in the top league retired as a player continuing to coach the club from

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk ( uk, Іва́но-Франкі́вськ, translit=Iváno-Frankívśk ), formerly Stanyslaviv ( pl, Stanisławów ; german: Stanislau), is a city located in Western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk O ...

. Later in his coaching career he managed

Nyva Ternopil FC Nyva Ternopil ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Нива» Тернопіль) is a Ukrainian football club from the city of Ternopil, the administrative center of Ternopil Oblast. As of the 2020–21 season, it played in the Ukrainian ...

Honours

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( uk, Перша ліга) or Ukrainian First League is a professional football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions pyramid. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup. It is th ...

champion.

References

External links

Statistics of the player at KLISF

Protocol of one of the matches in 1993 between Prykarpattia and Podillya

* ttp://fscprykarpattya.if.ua/news/2006-10-03-2 Interview of Taras Kovalchuk, another native of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and player of the Ukrainian Olympic team
Interview of Taras Klym, the president of NFK Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yurchenko, Ihor 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk Soviet footballers Ukrainian footballers Ukrainian football managers FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Chornomorets Odesa players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk managers FC Nyva Ternopil managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Association football midfielders FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players FC Kalush managers