Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko | ||
Date of birth | March 30, 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1973–1981 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1990 | Dynamo Kyiv | 137 | (39) |
1990–1991 | Sampdoria | 24 | (3) |
1991–1996 | Rangers | 134 | (24) |
Total | 295 | (66) | |
National team | |||
1987–1992 | USSR / CIS | 41 | (9) |
1992–1994 | Ukraine | 2 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2002–2004 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
2004–2008 | Ukraine U-21 | ||
2008–2009 | Ukraine | ||
2011–2013 | Dynamo Kyiv (sportive director) | ||
2012–2013 | Dynamo Kyiv (assistant) | ||
2013– | Dynamo Kyiv (sportive director) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Olympic medal record | ||
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Men’s football | ||
1988 Seoul | Team |
Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko (Ukrainian: Олексій Олександрович Михайличенко; born March 30, 1963), is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional football player. He is the Distinguished Master of Sports of USSR and the Distinguished Coach of Ukraine. During his playing days he was a versatile midfielder known for his stamina and passing capability. Also noted for his technique, Mykhaylychenko usually played as central attacking midfielder.
Mykhailychenko currently holds an administrative position in his home club, Dynamo Kyiv, as director of sport. His name is commonly romanised as Alexei Mikhailichenko from the Russian spelling of his name (Алексей Александрович Михайличенко).
Mikhailichenko played for Dynamo Kyiv, Sampdoria and Rangers. He then became a coach, starting with assistant coach to Dynamo Kyiv's legendary Valeriy Lobanovsky. Following the death of Lobanovsky, Mykhailychenko replaced him as head coach. In 2004, he took charge of the Ukraine's national under-21 team. He was head coach of the Ukraine national football team senior side for two years after that.
Mikhailichenko began his football career in the youth system of Dynamo Kyiv, under the guidance of Anatoliy Byshovets. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1981, and went on to have a great career with Dynamo, winning four championships and three runner-up medals. He also won the Soviet Cup three times. His biggest success with Dynamo came when they won the 1986 European Cup Winner's Cup. He was awarded the Soviet Footballer of the Year award in 1988, as well as two Ukrainian Footballer of the Year awards in 1987 and 1988. In 1990 he was signed by the Italian club Sampdoria, who won their first Serie A title that season.