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Ukrainian Footballer Of The Year
The Ukrainian Footballer of the Year is an annual poll carried out by the ''Ukrainskiy Football'' ("Ukrainian Football") newspaper. The poll is conducted among sports journalists, footballers, football managers and other people connected with football. The purpose of the poll is to select the best Ukrainian footballer since 1969. Establishment of the poll was influenced by the French football award "Ballon d'Or" and later similar poll established in the Soviet Union. In the Soviet Union, sports journalists of the Soviet sports magazine " Futbol-Khokey" (Football-Ice Hockey) in 1964 initiated a similar poll as it was carried out by the French magazine France Football. Unlike France Football, Futbol-Khokey was not giving an award like Ballon D'Or, but published results of the poll that it supposed to carried out among its journalists. Whether or not the poll was actually held or any of sports journalists were asked for their opinion, cannot be verified. Few years later a similar po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ukrainians
Ukrainians (, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. Their native tongue is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, and the majority adhere to Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, forming the List of contemporary ethnic groups, second largest ethno-linguistic community. At around 46 million worldwide, Ukrainians are the second largest Slavs, Slavic ethnic group after Russians. Ukrainians have been Endonym and exonym, given various names by foreign rulers, which have included Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Habsburg monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and then Austria-Hungary. The East Slavic population inhabiting the territories of modern-day Ukraine were known as Ruthenians, referring to the territory of Ruthenia; the Ukrainians living under the Russian Empire were known as Little Russians, named after the territory of Little Russia. The ethnonym Ukrainian, which was associated with the Cossack Hetmanate, was adopted following the Ukrainian natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lviv, and played matches in Lviv (2014–2016) and in Kharkiv (2017–2020) whilst having its office headquarters and training facilities in Kyiv. In May 2020, Shakhtar started to play home matches at Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, NSC Olimpiyskyi in Kyiv. For the 2023–24 season, Shakhtar will now play home matches once again at Arena Lviv. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and is often a participant in the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first club in independent Ukraine to win the UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup in 2008–09 UEFA Cup, 2009, the last year before the competition was revamped as the Europa League. FC Shakhtar Donetsk is one of two Ukrainian clubs, the other being FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Oleksandr Pomazun
Aleksandr Vasil'evich Pomazun (; ; born 11 October 1971) is a former goalkeeper and football coach. He is the goalkeepers coach with FC Khimik-Arsenal. Personal life His son Ilya Pomazun is a professional goalkeeper, who represents Russia. International He also capped for USSR U-20 team at 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship and 1990 UEFA European champion for USSR U-18. Later in 1993 he switched his allegiance to Russia and played for the Russia national under-21 football team in the 1994 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification. Honours * UEFA European Under-18 Championship champion: 1990 * Russian Premier League champion: 1993. European club competitions * 1993–94 UEFA Champions League with FC Spartak Moscow: 6 games. * 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup with FC Baltika Kaliningrad FC Baltika () is a professional association football club based in Kaliningrad, Russia. The club will return to the Russian Premier League in the 2025–26 season. History The club was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Andriy Polunin
Andriy Viktorovych Polunin (; ; born 5 March 1971) is a Ukrainian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Since 2007 he worked as a sports director with FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989 for Shakhtar Pavlohrad. Career statistics :''Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Polunin goal.'' Honours * Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ... runner-up: 1993 * Ukrainian Premier League bronze: 1992, 1995, 1996, 1998 * Vyscha Liha Footballer of the Year: 1996 References External links * 1971 births Living people Footballers from Dnipro Soviet men's footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Men's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Viktor Leonenko
Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko (; ; born 5 October 1969) is a former footballer and Ukraine international who played as a forward. At least since 2006 he is a football commentator and analyst for the televised football forum "3 time" at the Ukrainian TV-network ICTV. Club career Leonenko began his career with stints at Russian clubs such as Geolog Tyumen and , before transferring to in 1992, where he played until 1998. A successful forward for Dynamo in the ear ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Oleg Salenko
Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko (, ; born 25 October 1969) is a Russian-Ukrainian former footballer who played as a forward. He scored a record five goals in a group-stage match in the 1994 World Cup, helping him earn the Golden Boot as joint-top tournament goalscorer. Club career Salenko was born to a Ukrainian father and a Russian mother in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He played for Zenit Leningrad, Dynamo Kyiv, Logroñés, Córdoba, Valencia, Rangers and İstanbulspor during his club career, that lasted from 1986 to 2000. Eventually, he faded from the international football scene and finally had to end his career prematurely, at the age of 31, for injury reasons. Salenko returned to playing professional football in the 2000–01 season and signed for Pogoń Szczecin. He retired after playing a single game due to his physical conditioning. International career Salenko played for the Soviet Union under-20 team at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship, becoming t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Akhrik Tsveiba
Akhrik Sokratovich Tsveiba (; born 10 September 1966) is a former professional footballer. At international level, he represented Soviet Union, CIS, Ukraine and Russia national teams. Club career Born in Gudauta, Tsveiba began playing youth football with local side M. Chachba. He played as a defender for Dinamo Sukhumi, SKA-Khabarovsk, Dinamo Tbilisi and Dynamo Kyiv, appearing in 123 Soviet league matches. Tsveiba won the 1990 Soviet Top League with Dynamo and was awarded Master of Sports of the USSR. Tsveiba started his career at Dinamo Sukhumi before playing regularly for Dinamo Tbilisi. In 1990, he left for Dynamo Kyiv, where he was nominated by the Ukraine national team. He then played briefly in Russia before signing with Gamba Osaka. He returned to Russia for Alania Vladikavkaz, where he was nominated by the Russia national team. Tsveiba left for the Chinese team Shanghai Pudong, before spending his late career with the Russian teams Uralan Elista and Dynamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sergei Yuran
Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran (, ''Serhij Mykolajovyč Juran''; born 11 June 1969) is a Ukrainian-born Russian professional football manager and a former player. As a striker, he represented the USSR and Russia at international level. He has Russian, Ukrainian and Portuguese nationality. Club career At club level he played in six countries. After his playing career abruptly ended in 2001 following a skull injury, he became a manager. International career He was capped by the USSR (and later the CIS), and despite being born in Ukraine and having been honored as the best Ukrainian footballer, chose to represent Russia after the breakup of the USSR. He was part of the CIS squad at the UEFA Euro 1992, appearing in two matches, and part of the Russia squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, making one appearance. In 2009, he was part of the Russia squad that won the 2009 Legends Cup, a friendly tournament for retired players. Coaching career His first experience in coaching was as assis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Volodymyr Bessonov
Volodymyr Vasylyovych Bezsonov (, also spelled Vladimir Vasilijević Bessonov from , born 5 March 1958) is a Ukrainian football manager and former player who played for the former Soviet Union national football team. The most recent team he was managing was FC Dnipro in the Ukrainian Premier League. Club career Bezsonov is a graduate student of the Kharkiv State College of Physical Culture 1 where he began his football career. In 1975 he was joined FC Metalist Kharkiv, but only played for its reserve team. In 1976 Bezsonov joined Dynamo Kyiv. There, he spent most of his career, except for a short one-season stint in Israeli club Maccabi Haifa F.C. in 1990–91. He was well known as a lightning quick full-back with a powerful shot. Bezsonov was attack-minded and scored a good return for a defender. He ended with 27 goals in the 377 games that he played for Dynamo. International career Bezsonov won 79 caps and scored 4 goals for the Soviet Union national team from 1977 to 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Oleksiy Mykhailychenko
Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko (; born 30 March 1963) is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional player. He is a Distinguished Master of Sports of the USSR and a Distinguished Coach of Ukraine. During his playing days he was a versatile midfielder known for his stamina and passing capability. Also noted for his technique, Mykhaylychenko usually played as attacking midfielder. Mykhaylychenko currently holds an administrative position at his home club, Dynamo Kyiv, as director of sport. His name is commonly romanised as Alexei Mikhailichenko from the Russian spelling of his name (Алексей Александрович Михайличенко). Mykhaylychenko played for Dynamo Kyiv, Sampdoria and Rangers. He then became a coach, starting with assistant coach to Dynamo Kyiv's legendary Valeriy Lobanovsky. Following the death of Lobanovsky, Mykhaylychenko replaced him as head coach. In 2004, he took charge of the Ukraine's national under-21 team. He was hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Oleksandr Zavarov
Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov (; born 26 April 1961) is a Ukrainian former footballer and the former head coach of FC Arsenal Kyiv. He became first among Soviets footballers who got transferred to West European world class club when he was picked by Juventus to replace the outgoing Michel Platini. In 1986, he was named the best footballer in the USSR and Ukraine and the 6th best footballer in Europe according to France Football. Zavarov is widely regarded to be among the greatest footballers in the history of the USSR and Ukraine, and in 2000 he was included in the Ukrainian Team of The Century according to a poll by the ''Ukrainsky Futbol'' weekly. Early life Zavarov was born in Luhansk to family of worker who worked at foundry for one of the city's factories. He started to play early in his life first on streets and then the Zorya sports school of Olympic reserves. Later as senior in school he was offered to enroll to the Kyiv sports boarding school to gain an opportuni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hennadiy Lytovchenko
Hennadiy Volodymyrovych Lytovchenko (; , ''Gennadiy Vladimirovich Litovchenko''; born 11 September 1963) is a Ukrainian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He was a member of the Soviet squad that finished runners-up at UEFA Euro 1988. Honours Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk *: |
