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Myron Markevych
Personal information
Full name Myron Bohdanovych Markevych
Date of birth (1951-02-01) 1 February 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth Vynnyky, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Karpaty Lviv (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1972 Karpaty Lviv 0 (0)
1973 SKA Lviv
1974 Spartak Ordzhonikidze 0 (0)
1977–1978 Torpedo Lutsk 59 (7)
Managerial career
1978 Torpedo Lutsk (assistant)
1984–1987 Torpedo Lutsk
1988–1989 Podillya Khmelnytskyi
1990 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
1991–1992 Volyn Lutsk
1992–1995 Karpaty Lviv
1995 Podillya Khmelnytskyi
1996 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
1996–1998 Karpaty Lviv
1999–2001 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
2001–2002 Karpaty Lviv
2002 Anzhi Makhachkala
2003–2004 Karpaty Lviv
2005–2014 Metalist Kharkiv
2010 Ukraine
2014–2016 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2023–2024 Karpaty Lviv
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Myron Bohdanovych Markevych (Ukrainian: Мирон Богданович Маркевич; born 1 February 1951) is a Ukrainian football manager and former player who manages Karpaty Lviv.

He has worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League[1] and for the Ukraine national team.[2][3] He holds the record for coaching the most matches (500 as on 15 August 2011) in the Ukrainian Premier League.[4]

A former midfielder, he made 59 appearances in the Soviet Second League for Torpedo Lutsk.

Playing career

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Markevych played as a midfielder for Karpaty Lviv (reserves), SCA Lviv, Spartak Ordzhinikidze, and Torpedo Lutsk.

Coaching career

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Graffiti. 2010

Markevych graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Lviv and the Supreme school of coaches in Moscow in 1983. He has managed a number of teams, devoting most of his career to Karpaty Lviv and Metalist Kharkiv. He last served as manager of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

Markevych was appointed head coach of the Ukraine national team in early February 2010,[5] but left six months later,[3] submitting his resignation to the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) by fax on 21 August 2010. Initially, the legal department of FFU stated that such a document could only be submitted in its original form and the fax copy could not be accepted.[6][7] Ultimately, the FFU accepted his resignation and appointed Yuriy Kalitvintsev as caretaker manager.[8][9]

In June 2023, Markevych returned for the fifth time to Karpaty Lviv.[10]

Personal life

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Markevych is of Polish descent by maternal grandfather.[11] He is fluent in English and Polish. He is married and is the father of two sons, Ostap Markevych and Yuriy Markevych.

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Spartak Ordzhonikidze 1974 — 1 0 — — 1 0
Torpedo Lutsk 1977 Soviet Second League 36 4 — — — 36 4
1978 Soviet Second League 23 3 — — — 23 3
Total 59 7 — — — 59 7
Career total 59 7 1 0 — — 60 7

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 11 April 2024
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Torpedo Lutsk Soviet Union 1984 1987 172 68 44 60 039.5
Podillia Soviet Union 1988 31 May 1989 67 32 13 22 047.8
Kryvbas Soviet Union 1990 30 April 1990 6 1 2 3 016.7
Volyn Soviet UnionUkraine 1991 June 1992 63 29 9 25 046.0
Karpaty Ukraine July 1992 June 1995 121 50 31 40 041.3
Podillia Ukraine 18 August 1995 25 September 1995 11 4 5 2 036.4
Kryvbas Ukraine March 1996 June 1996 18 7 5 6 038.9
Karpaty Ukraine July 1996 December 1998 87 47 22 18 054.0
Metalurh Z Ukraine March 1999 May 2001 73 30 19 24 041.1
Karpaty Ukraine July 2001 March 2002 22 10 5 7 045.5
Anzhi Russia June 2002 August 2002 9 1 2 6 011.1
Karpaty Ukraine August 2003 June 2004 21 3 5 13 014.3
Metalist Ukraine July 2005 February 2014 333 189 79 65 056.8
Ukraine Ukraine 30 January 2010 21 August 2010 4 3 1 0 075.0
Dnipro Ukraine 26 May 2014 30 June 2016 88 50 18 20 056.8
Karpaty Ukraine 1 June 2023[12] 18 July 2024 22 17 3 2 077.3
Total 1,117 541 263 313 048.4

Honours

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Manager

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Karpaty Lviv

Metalist Kharkiv

  • Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2013; third place (6) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Individual

  • Top 50 Best Football Managers in the World according to FourFourTwo: 2015[13]

References

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  1. ^ "Markevich took over Dnipro". Official FC Dnipro Site. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  2. ^ Akhmetov claims Surkis not doing his job professionally, Kyiv Post (18 February 2010)
  3. ^ a b Markevich leaves Ukraine helm Archived 4 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, UEFA (25 August 2010)
  4. ^ Information on Official Metalist Kharkiv website (in Ukrainian)
  5. ^ Markevych, Surkis sign contract of national football team's chief coach, Kyiv Post (21 April 2010)
  6. ^ Відставка Мирона Маркевича – коментар Юридичного відділу ФФУ (Resignation of Myron Markevych – comment from the Legal department of FFU
  7. ^ Kalitvintsev promises to continue where Markevych left off Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Ukraine appoint Blokhin, Sky Sports (21 April 2011)
  9. ^ Oleg Blokhin appointed Ukraine coach, Reuters (21 April 2011)
  10. ^ "Легендарний камбек: Мирон Маркевич знову став головним тренером ФК "Карпати Львів"". myukraine.in.ua (in Ukrainian). 2 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  11. ^ Мирон Маркевич: "І тут іде до мене чорт і простягає різку"
  12. ^ Маркевич вже підписав контракт з Карпатами
  13. ^ FourFourTwo's 50 Best Football Managers in the World 2015: 40-36, FourFourTwo (13 July 2015)
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