Anatoliy Vasylyovych Korobochka (russian: Анатолий Васильевич Коробочка) (born 5 January 1955 in

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, now

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) is a former

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, and was formerly the Director of Football at Heart of Midlothian football club in Scotland. Korobochka has played for

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, and numerous clubs in

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. After retiring from playing in 1991 he moved into coaching with CSKA Moscow, coaching their reserve team. Afterwards he became head of player development for them. In 1998, he became head-coach of

. This was followed by brief spells with Spartak-Chukotka and

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, where was also a general director. Over the years he held the administrator position at

and

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. Korobochka arrived at Heart of Midlothian in 2006 as Director of Football along with Sport Director

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and

Eduard Malofeev Eduard Vassilievich Malofeyev ( rus, Эдуа́рд Васи́льевич Малофе́ев, p=məlɐˈfʲeɪf, be, Эдуард Васілевіч Малафееў ''Eduard Malafyeyew''; born 2 June 1942 in Kolomna) is a Soviet and Belarusi ...

, the consultant who himself had an unsuccessful six-game spell as interim head coach in October 2006. On 30 July 2007 it was confirmed that Korobochka would take permanent charge of Hearts for the 2007–08 season, joint with

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who had acted as Interim assistant coach the previous season. Their reign ended on 1 January 2008 following five consecutive defeats. Frail became caretaker manager, whilst Korobochka retained his position as Director of Football. On 22 July 2009 Hearts announced he had left this position. After that, he managed FC Gornyak Uchaly.

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