Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets ( uk, Сергій Іванович Ковалець; born 5 September 1968) is a Ukrainian former

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and current manager of

Inhulets Petrove Football Club Inhulets Petrove ( uk, "Інгулець" Петрове) is a professional Ukrainian football club from the town of Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion from 2019–20 Ukra ...

Playing career

Kovalets played 10 matches for

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between 1992 and 1994.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing football,

Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2021–22 season. It was revived 5 years ...

head coach

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invited Kovalets to work with him as an assistant coach in 2005. In 2008, Kovalets became the head coach of the newly promoted

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, who had an unsuccessful start in the

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. Kovalets failed to accomplish his task of keeping his team in the Premier League, which ended up losing to Illichivets in goal difference. At the end of August 2009, Kovalets became the new head coach of

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in the

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. He held this position until

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left Obolon during the winter break of

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season when he was offered the position. He was sacked after a 1–0 defeat at

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on 31 November. On 18 January 2012, Kovalets was appointed as the new manager of 1. FC Tatran Prešov.

Personal life

Kovalets was born in Chekhove,

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, now

. He is married since 1988. Together with his wife Anzhela has three children: daughters Alina (1989) and Daryna (1998) and also one son, current professional footballer

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(1993).

Honours

Player

* Soviet Top League Champion:

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: 1990 * Ukrainian Premier League Champion: 1992–93 * Ukrainian Premier League Champion: 1993–94 *

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: 1993

Coach

:Winner (1):

Commonwealth of Independent States Cup The Commonwealth of Independent States Cup (russian: Кубок чемпионов Содружества, Кубок Содружества, Кубок чемпионов содружества стран СНГ и Балтии) is a defunct ann ...

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:Runner Up (1):

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kovalets, Serhiy 1968 births Living people People from Rozdolne Raion Soviet footballers Ukrainian footballers Ukraine international footballers Association football midfielders FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Dnipro players FC Chornomorets Odesa players FC Twente players FC Karpaty Lviv players FC Karpaty-2 Lviv players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia players FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv players FC Obolon-2 Kyiv players FC Krasyliv players FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi players FC Volyn Lutsk players FC Borysfen Boryspil players Soviet Top League players Soviet Second League players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Ukrainian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Ukrainian football managers FC Lviv managers FC Oleksandriya managers FC Obolon Kyiv managers 1. FC Tatran Prešov managers FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia managers Ukraine national under-21 football team managers FK Riteriai managers FC Chornomorets Odesa managers FC Inhulets Petrove managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Ukrainian First League managers Slovak Super Liga managers A Lyga managers Ukrainian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Slovakia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate football managers in Lithuania Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania