Oleksandr Zavarov

Oleksandr Zavarov
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Personal information
Full nameOleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov
Date of birth(1961-04-20) 20 April 1961 (age 53)
Place of birthLuhansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Ukraine (ass't)
Youth career
1968–1977Zorya Luhansk
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1977–1979Zorya Luhansk23(7)
1980–1981SKA Rostov64(13)
1982Zorya Luhansk30(10)
1983–1988Dynamo Kyiv136(36)
1988–1990Juventus60(7)
1990–1995Nancy133(23)
1995–1998Saint-Dizier?(17)
National team
1985–1990USSR41(6)
Teams managed
1995–2003Saint Dizier CO
2003–2004FC Wil
2004FC Astana
2005FC Metalist Kharkiv
2006–2010FC Arsenal Kyiv
2012Ukraine (caretaker)
2013–Ukraine (ass't)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov, also spelt Aleksandr Anatoljević Zavarov (Ukrainian: Олександр Анатолійович Заваров) – (born 20 April 1961 in Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR) is a former Ukrainian football midfielder and the former head coach at FC Arsenal Kyiv. 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.

Career

Club

Zavarov started off his career in his home city of Zorya Luhansk. He played in the USSR Premier League for Zorya Luhansk (1977–79, 1982), SKA Rostov (1980–81). In 1983–88, he played for the Soviet-Ukrainian giants, Dynamo Kyiv, with whom he won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1985–86, scoring in the final itself. Finally, Zavarov played for Juventus between 1988 and 1990, winning the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup.

National

Zavarov had 41 caps for the USSR, scoring six goals including two in the World Cup finals in 1986 and 1990. He also played in the Euro 1988 in which the USSR team were runners-up.

Coaching

Zavarov began his coaching career with Saint Dizier CO as a player-coach. He had a short spell as a head coach of FC Wil in 2003–04, however because he lacked the necessary UEFA licence, he was given the position of director of football with the club. He is currently manager of Ukrainian team Arsenal Kyiv.

Awards and honours

Awards
Individual honours
  • Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1986
  • Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 1986
  • Ukrainian Team of the Century (poll by “Ukrainsky Futbol”): 2000 [1]
  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1985–86 top scorer.[2]

Ballon d'Or

  • 1986 – 6th
  • 1987 – 17th
  • 1988 – 8th
  • 1989 – 23rd

References

  1. Jump up ^ (Russian) "Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov". ukrainiansoccer.net. Retrieved 15 September 2008. 
  2. Jump up ^ "Cup Winners Cup Top Scorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 September 2008. 

External links

Ukrainian Footballer of the Year
Football Federation of Ukraine
  • 1950: Fomin
  • 1951: Ponomaryov
  • 1952: Golubev
  • 1953: Borzenko
  • 1954: Fomin
  • 1955: Koman
  • 1956: Koman
  • 1957: Voynov
  • 1958: Voynov
  • 1959: Voynov
Sportyvna Hazeta
(Komsomolskoye Znamie)
  • 1960: Voynov
  • 1961: Makarov
  • 1962: Lobanovsky
  • 1963: Lobanovsky
  • 1964: Bannikov
  • 1965: Khmelnytskyi
  • 1966: Biba
  • 1967: Turyanchyk
  • 1968: Turyanchyk / Muntyan
Molod Ukrainy
Ukrainskiy Football
Komanda
(MVP of the UPL)
Soviet Footballer of the Year
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup top scorers
Soviet Union squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup
Soviet Union squad – UEFA Euro 1988 Runners-up
Soviet Union squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup
FC Metalist Kharkiv – managers
  • Bem (1947–48)
  • Usikov (1949)
  • Shevtsov (1956)
  • Zolotukhin (1957–58)
  • Zub (1959)
  • Ponamaryov (1961–62)
  • Zub (1962)
  • Zhylin (1962–63)
  • Novikov (1963–64)
  • Eliseev (1965–66)
  • Kanevskyi (1966–71)
  • Terentyev (1972)
  • Zub (1972)
  • Voynov (1972–73)
  • Korolyov (1974)
  • Zub (1974–75)
  • Oshenkov (1975–76)
  • Poskotin (1976)
  • Lemeshko (1977–88)
  • Tkachenko (1989–92)
  • Aristov (1993)
  • Dotsenko (1993)
  • Lemeshko (1993)
  • Dovbiy (1994)
  • Kamarzayev (1994–95)
  • Udovenko (1996)
  • Fomenko (1996–2000)
  • Tkachenko (2000)
  • Shalychev (2001)
  • Udovenko (2001c)
  • Fomenko (2001–02)
  • Kryachko (2002–03)
  • Fomenko (2003)
  • Lytovchenko (2003–04)
  • Zavarov (2005)
  • Markevych (2005–14)
  • Rakhayev (2014–)
FC Arsenal Kyiv – managers
  • Kuznetsov (2001–02)
  • Hrozny (2002–04)
  • Krakovskyi (2004)
  • Baranov (2004–05)
  • Babynchuk (2005c)
  • Zavarov (2005–07)
  • Yevseyev (2007c)
  • Zavarov (2007–09)
  • Hrozny (2010)
  • Bakalov (2010c)
  • Yevseyev (2010c)
  • Bakalov (2010–11)
  • Kuchuk (2011–12)
  • Bakalov (2013)
  • Zakarlyuka (2013c)
  • Prokopenko (1992)
  • Pavlov & Tkachenko (1992c)
  • Bazilevych (1993–1994)
  • Pavlov & Muntyan (1994c)
  • Sabo (1994)
  • Kon'kov (1995)
  • Sabo (1996–1999)
  • Lobanovskyi (2000–2001)
  • Buriak (2002–2003)
  • Blokhin (2003–2007)
  • Mykhaylychenko (2008–2009)
  • Markevych (2010)
  • Kalitvintsev (2010–2011c)
  • Blokhin (2011–2012)
  • Bal (2012c)
  • Zavarov (2012c)
  • Fomenko (2013–)
(c) caretaker



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