Yuriy Bakalov ( uk, Юрій Михайлович Бакалов; born 16 January 1966 in

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, in the

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of the

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- in present-day

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) is a former

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and

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professional

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and manager.

Career

On 16 April 2010, Bakalov was appointed as interim coach 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'') ...

club

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and on 18 May 2010 confirmed as main coach.

References

External links

Info and profile at Football.ua Site
(Rus)
Profile at Official FFU Site
(Ukr)
Profile at KLISF.info Site
(Rus) * 1966 births Living people Footballers from Kyiv Soviet men's footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders FC Ros Bila Tserkva players FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia players FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi players FC Nyva Myronivka players NK Veres Rivne players FC Dnipro Cherkasy players FC Kremin Kremenchuk players FC Dnipro Kyiv players Soviet First League players Soviet Second League players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Ukrainian football managers FC Arsenal Kyiv managers FC Cherkashchyna managers Dinamo Zugdidi managers FC Lviv managers FC Rukh Lviv managers FC LNZ Cherkasy managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Ukrainian First League managers Ukrainian Second League managers Ukrainian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Georgia (country) Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) FC Dynamo Kyiv players {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub