Serhiy Kovalets
Serhiy Kovalets (Ukrainian: Сергій Іванович Ковалець; born 5 September 1968) is a former Ukrainian football midfielder and manager for Chornomorets Odesa.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Chekhove, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Chornomorets Odesa (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DYuSSh Krasyliv | |||
| – | FC Sluch Krasyliv | ||
| – | FC Zirka Berdychiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986, 1988–1989 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 74 | (11) |
| 1989–1994 | Dynamo Kyiv | 118 | (13) |
| 1995–1996 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | (3) |
| 1996 | Chornomorets Odesa | 11 | (4) |
| 1997 | → Twente (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1997 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | Karpaty Lviv | 62 | (8) |
| 2000–2002 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 31 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | Obolon Kyiv | 27 | (2) |
| 2003 | Volyn Lutsk | 8 | (1) |
| 2004 | Krasyliv-Obolon Krasyliv | 5 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Borysfen Boryspil | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 370 | (49) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1994 | Ukraine | 10 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2005–2008 | Metalist Kharkiv (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Lviv | ||
| 2009 | Oleksandriya | ||
| 2010–2011 | Obolon Kyiv | ||
| 2012 | Tatran Prešov | ||
| 2012 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | ||
| 2013–2015 | Ukraine U-21 | ||
| 2016 | Trakai | ||
| 2017–2018 | Tatran Prešov | ||
| 2018–2020 | Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | ||
| 2020– | Chornomorets Odesa | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Coaching career
After he retired from playing football, Metalist Kharkiv head coach Myron Markevych invited Kovalets to work with him as an assistant coach in 2005. In 2008, Kovalets became the head coach of the newly promoted FC Lviv, who had an unsuccessful start in the Ukrainian Premier League. 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 PFC Oleksandria in the Ukrainian First League.[2] He held this position until Yuriy Maksymov left Obolon during the winter break of 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League season when he was offered the position.[3] He was sacked after a 1–0 defeat at Chornomorets Odesa on 31 November.[4] On 18 January 2012, Kovalets was appointed as the new manager of 1. FC Tatran Prešov.
Personal life
Kovalets was born in Chekhove, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, now Ukraine. 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 Kyrylo (1993).[5]
Honours
References
- Matthias Arnhold (15 July 2011). "Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- Serhiy Kovalets is now in charge of Oleksandria – terrikon.dn.ua (in Russian)
- У Ковальца в "Оболони" две задачи [Kovalets has two tasks with "Obolon"]. ua-football.com (in Russian). 14 January 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
- Obolon part company with Kovalets 31 October 2011, ffu.org.ua
- "Сергій Ковалець". sport.ukrinform.ua. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
External links
- Serhiy Kovalets at National-Football-Teams.com
- Biography (in Russian)