Mykhaylo Koman
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mykhaylo Mykhaylovych Koman | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Ľubotín, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Date of death | 21 February 2015 (aged 86) | ||
| Place of death | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1947–1948 | FC Enerhetyk Bushtyno | ? | (?) |
| 1948 | FC Spartak Uzhhorod | 15 | (12) |
| 1949–1959 | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 172 | (62) |
| National team | |||
| 1956 | Ukraine | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1960–1973 | FC Dynamo Kyiv (ass't) | ||
| 1976 | FC Dynamo Kyiv (ass't) | ||
| 1977–1984 | FC Dynamo Kyiv (director of team) | ||
| 1990–1991 | FC Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mykhaylo Mykhaylovych Koman (Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Коман; 1 April 1928 – 21 February 2015) was a Soviet and Ukrainian footballer and coach of Lemko-Ruthenian origin. He was an Honoured Master of Sports and Honoured Coach of the Soviet Union.
Koman was born in the village of Ľubotín (Lemkivshchyna), First Czechoslovak Republic (today Slovakia), where his family had its own little farm. In 1934, his family moved to the city of Sevlyush (Great Vineyard), in what is today western Ukraine. From an early age Mykhailo spoke Slovak and later learned Hungarian and the local dialect of Ukrainian. Mykhaylo's father became a railroad worker (first in the neighboring Korolevo and then in Vynohradiv), while his mother stayed at home. Mykhaylo had brothers Myron and Andriy, and five other siblings.
Since age 9, Koman played for the local Ukrainian national school until 1942 and later the city's engineering vocational school. In 1944-45 he played for the city team of a local mill administration. For transportation the city's team used a Studebaker bus.
In 1946, Koman joined newly formed Soviet clubs Partizan Vinogradov and Rus Bushtina (Bushtyno) as well as participated at the All-Ukrainian Spartakiad representing the Zakarpattia region. Later in 1948 the Zakarpattia consolidated team was transformed into the new Soviet club Spartak Uzhgorod. Koman did not stay at Uzhhorod team for too long and the same year was transferred to Dynamo Kyiv where he played until his retirement in 1959. During his years in Uzhhorod and Kyiv, he met with such football players as and .
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