Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mykhaylo Ivanovych Fomenko | ||
Date of birth | 19 September 1948 | ||
Place of birth |
Mala Rybytsia, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR Soviet Union |
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Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1962–1965 | Spartak Sumy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965–1970 | Spartak Sumy | 48 | (8) |
1970–1972 | Zorya Luhansk | 59 | (1) |
1972–1979 | Dynamo Kyiv | 173 | (0) |
National team | |||
1972–1976 | USSR | 24 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1979 | Frunzenets Sumy | ||
1980–1985 | Dynamo Kyiv (as instructor) | ||
1985–1986 | Desna Chernihiv | ||
1987 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | ||
1987–1990 | Guria Lanchkhuti | ||
1990–1991 | Rashid Baghdad / Iraq | ||
1991–1992 | Avtomobilist Sumy | ||
1993 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
1994 | Veres Rivne | ||
1994 | Guinea | ||
1994–1996 | CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv | ||
1996–2000 | Metalist Kharkiv | ||
2000–2001 | CSKA Kyiv | ||
2001–2002 | Metalist Kharkiv | ||
2003 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | ||
2003–2005 | Metalist Kharkiv | ||
2005 | Spartak Sumy (vice-president) | ||
2005–2008 | Tavriya Simferopol | ||
2010–2011 | Salyut Belgorod | ||
2012–2016 | Ukraine | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Representing Soviet Union | ||
Men’s Football | ||
1976 Montreal | Team competition |
Mykhaylo Fomenko (Ukrainian: Михайло Іванович Фоменко; born 19 September 1948) is a Ukrainian former association footballer and former head coach of the Ukraine national team. As a player, he was capped 24 times for the Soviet Union, and, as a head coach, became the second ever manager – after Oleh Blokhin – to take Ukraine to an international finals tournament, reaching UEFA Euro 2016.
Fomenko was famous for his coaching in Dynamo Kyiv, winning its first Ukrainian gold medals for the club, first Ukrainian Cup for the club and most notably, defeating Barcelona in the very first leg of the Champions League tournament. Barcelona, under Johan Cruyff and with such star players as Ronald Koeman and Pep Guardiola, ended up to be finalist of that UEFA Champions League season.
Fomenko was an integral part of Dynamo Kyiv's achievements in the 1970s at the club level, which included hoisting the 1975 Winners Cup and Super Cup.
After graduating the Higher School of Coaches in Moscow in 1979, Fomenko has coached numerous Ukrainian clubs, most notably Dynamo Kyiv. With Fomenko the club won its first Ukrainian gold medals, first Ukrainian Cup both in 1993 and most notably, beating Barcelona in the very first leg of the Champions League tournament. Barcelona ended up to be finalist of that 39th season of the UEFA Champions League. Before that success, in the end of 1989, he promoted Georgian club Guria Lanchkhuti to the Soviet Top league and in 2001 reached Ukrainian Cup final with CSKA Kyiv what is the best result in club's history.