Oleksandr Zavarov
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov | ||
| Date of birth | 26 April 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Ukraine (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1968–1977 | Zorya Luhansk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1979 | Zorya Luhansk | 23 | (7) |
| 1980–1981 | SKA Rostov | 64 | (13) |
| 1982 | Zorya Luhansk | 30 | (10) |
| 1983–1988 | Dynamo Kyiv | 136 | (36) |
| 1988–1990 | Juventus | 60 | (7) |
| 1990–1995 | Nancy | 133 | (23) |
| 1995–1998 | Saint-Dizier | ? | (17) |
| National team | |||
| 1985–1990 | USSR | 41 | (6) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–2003 | Saint Dizier CO | ||
| 2003–2004 | FC Wil | ||
| 2004 | FC Astana-1964 | ||
| 2005 | FC Metalist Kharkiv | ||
| 2006–2010 | FC Arsenal Kyiv | ||
| 2012 | Ukraine (caretaker) | ||
| 2013– | Ukraine (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov, also spelt Aleksandr Anatoljević Zavarov (Ukrainian: Олександр Анатолійович Заваров, Russian: Заваров, Александр Анатольевич) – (born 26 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.
In 2015 he refused to join the Ukrainian army in the Donbass conflict, as he did not want to see war where he grew up.
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), and also 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. Zavarov later played for Juventus between 1988 and 1990, winning the Coppa Italia and the UEFA Cup under Dino Zoff, wearing the number 10 shirt which had formerly belonged to club legend Michel Platini, although he later switched to the number 9 shirt. He subsequently transferred to Nancy in 1990, where he remained for five seasons, before finally moving to Saint-Dizier in 1995, retiring after three seasons, in 1998.
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