Roman Yosypovych Hryhorchuk ( uk, Роман Йосипович Григорчук; born 22 March 1965) is a Ukrainian football manager who is the head coach of

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and a former player.

Playing career

He started playing with Lysonia Berezhany and then Temp Shepetivka. He established himself as a striker while playing for Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk while in the

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where he consistently was among the top-scorers of the League. He spent some time in foreign clubs in

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and

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Coaching career

In his coaching career, he was a successful manager in

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with

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winning the Latvian championship three times from 2006 to 2008 as well as the Latvian Cup in 2005 and 2007. During the 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League season, Hryhorchuk was hired by

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a "phoenix club" of the original Soviet ...

. He stayed in that position only until the end of the season, though. On 16 November 2010, Hryhorchuk was appointed as the manager of

. He brought the club back into the

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after his 1st season in charge. On 4 March 2012 his team won 1–0 against

FC Illichivets Mariupol Football Club Mariupol ( uk, Футбольний клуб "Маріуполь" ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol, that competed in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club ceased to exist as a result of the Siege of ...

and couple of weeks later defeated Vorskla Poltava. A year later Chornomorets won another 1-0 match against Metallurg Donetsk which made it possible for it to appear at the

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by May of the same year. On 23 August 2013 his team played against KF Skënderbeu Korçë. Hryhorchuk was appointed manager of

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side

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on 21 December 2014, on an 18-month contract. On 20 December 2015, Hryhorchuk extended his Gabala contract for another season, until the end of the 2016–2017 season. Following defeat to Keşla in the

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Final, Hryhorchuk left Gabala after his contract was not extended. On 1 June 2018,

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announced Hryhorchuk as their new manager. On 13 January 2020, Hryhorchuk left Astana by mutual consent. On 5 September 2020, he was hired by

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ian club Shakhtyor Soligorsk.

Honours

As Player

Temp Shepetivka * KFK competitions:

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Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk *

: 1993–94

As Coach

Shakhtyor Soligorsk * Belarusian Premier League:

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Astana *

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: 2018, 2019 *

Kazakhstan Super Cup The Kazakhstan Super Cup ( kk, Қазақстан Суперкубогы, ''Qazaqstan Sýperkýbogy'') is a one-match football annual competition. The two participating clubs are the Kazakhstan Premier League champion and the Kazakhstan Cup winner ...

: 2018, 2019,

Chornomorets Odesa *

: 2010–11 *

runners-up: 2012–13 *

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runners-up:

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Ventspils *

Virslīga Latvian Higher League or Virslīga is a professional football league and the top tier of association football in Latvia. Organised by the Latvian Football Federation, the Higher League is contested by 10 clubs. The full name of the league is Op ...

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, 2007, 2008 *

Latvian Cup The Latvian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Latvian football. Since 2021, its full name is Responsible Game Latvian Football Cup (''Atbildīgas spēles Latvijas kauss'') due to the sponsorship by sports betting company Wil ...

: 2005, 2007 *

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: 2008

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