Mykhailo Ivanytsia ( uk, Михайло Михайлович Іваниця, born 8 August 1960) is a

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manager and former Soviet player.

Biography

Mykhailo Ivanytsia was born in a village Stavne,

Velykyi Bereznyi Raion Velykyi Bereznyi Raion ( uk, Великоберезнянський район) was a raion of Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Velykyi Bereznyi. The raion was abolished and its terr ...

.Yuriy Kychak.
Mykhailo Ivanytsia: "It is time to go to Stavne. To mother..." (Михайло Іваниця: «До Ставного час. До матері...»)
'. Zakarpattia Online. 21 August 2010 His football career he began for a village team "Verkhovyna" and later was invited to a sports school in

Uzhhorod Uzhhorod ( uk, У́жгород, , ; ) is a city and municipality on the river Uzh in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. The city is approximately equidistant from the Baltic, the Adriatic and the B ...

. In 1979 the head coach of

FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod ( ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Uzhhorod. Following the end of the 2015–16 season it was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League because of debts to (current and former) players.

Istvan Sandor invited Ivanytsia to the team of masters in the main squad. In 1980 Ivanytsia was drafted to armed forces as part of

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in the

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and served in the sports company in

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

, but later returned to the club. In 1982 he moved to

FC Frunzenets Sumy FC Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy was a football club based in a city of Sumy in Ukraine. The club represented a mechanical engineering factory of the Frunze Science and Production Association in Sumy. History The club was founded in 1960 as ''FC Avanha ...

and already in

Sumy Sumy ( uk, Суми ) is a city of regional significance in Ukraine, and the capital of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel River in northeastern Ukraine with a population of according to the 2021 census, making it the 2 ...

Ivanytsia enrolled in a local economic faculty of the Sumy Institute of National Economy. Soon again he returned to Zakarpattia. In 1985 to 1988 he played for

FC Zirka Kirovohrad FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi ( uk, ФК "Зірка Кропивницький") is a Ukrainian amateur football club from Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast, with its team currently playing in the Ukrainian Amateur League. The club traces its history of ...

. Due to injuries, Ivanytsia retired and accepted the offer to lead the "Trudovi Rezervy" sports school in

. In 1992 the head coach of Zakarpattia

Yuriy Chyrkov Yuriy Chyrkov ( uk, Юрій Іванович Чирков; 22 December 1947 – 19 April 2014 Yuriy Kalitvintsev Yuriy Mykolayovych Kalitvintsev ( uk, Юрій Миколайович Калитвинцев, russian: link=no, Ю́рий Никола́евич Калитвинцев; born 5 May 1968) is a football manager and former player who manages Poli ...

and Viktor Ryashko led the club to promotions to 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'') ...

including the 2008–09 season during which Ivanytsia performed as the head coach. On 10 July 2020 Ivanytsia became a head coach of Hungarian amateur club Torpo.

Honours and achievements

; Zakarpattia Uzhhorod *

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 ...

: 2008–09Vladimir Poyasniuk.
Carpe diem. The First League: top scorers, triumphators, runners-up and loosers… (Carpe diem. Первая лига: Бомбардиры, триумфаторы, призёры и проигравшие…)
'. UA-Football. 3 June 2009

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanytsia, Mykhailo 1960 births Living people Soviet men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players FC Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy players FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi players Ukrainian football managers FC Hoverla Uzhhorod managers FC Mynai managers FC Uzhhorod managers Footballers from Zakarpattia Oblast