Serhiy Kovalets

Serhiy Kovalets (Ukrainian: Сергій Іванович Ковалець; born 5 September 1968) is a former Ukrainian football midfielder and manager for Chornomorets Odesa.

Serhiy Kovalets
Personal information
Full name Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets
Date of birth (1968-09-05) 5 September 1968
Place of birth Chekhove, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Chornomorets Odesa (manager)
Youth career
DYuSSh Krasyliv
– FC Sluch Krasyliv
– FC Zirka Berdychiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986, 1988–1989 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 74 (11)
1989–1994 Dynamo Kyiv 118 (13)
1995–1996 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 (3)
1996 Chornomorets Odesa 11 (4)
1997 → Twente (loan) 0 (0)
1997 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 (1)
1997–2000 Karpaty Lviv 62 (8)
2000–2002 Metalurh Zaporizhya 31 (5)
2002–2003 Obolon Kyiv 27 (2)
2003 Volyn Lutsk 8 (1)
2004 Krasyliv-Obolon Krasyliv 5 (1)
2004–2005 Borysfen Boryspil 3 (0)
Total 370 (49)
National team
1992–1994 Ukraine 10 (0)
Teams managed
2005–2008 Metalist Kharkiv (assistant)
2008–2009 Lviv
2009 Oleksandriya
2010–2011 Obolon Kyiv
2012 Tatran Prešov
2012 Metalurh Zaporizhya
2013–2015 Ukraine U-21
2016 Trakai
2017–2018 Tatran Prešov
2018–2020 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
2020– Chornomorets Odesa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Kovalets played 10 matches[1] for Ukraine between 1992 and 1994.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing football, Metalist Kharkiv head coach Myron Markevych invited Kovalets to work with him as an assistant coach in 2005. In 2008, Kovalets became the head coach of the newly promoted FC Lviv, who had an unsuccessful start in the Ukrainian Premier League. Kovalets failed to accomplish his task of keeping his team in the Premier League, which ended up losing to Illichivets in goal difference.

At the end of August 2009, Kovalets became the new head coach of PFC Oleksandria in the Ukrainian First League.[2] He held this position until Yuriy Maksymov left Obolon during the winter break of 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League season when he was offered the position.[3] He was sacked after a 1–0 defeat at Chornomorets Odesa on 31 November.[4] On 18 January 2012, Kovalets was appointed as the new manager of 1. FC Tatran Prešov.

Personal life

Kovalets was born in Chekhove, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, now Ukraine. He is married since 1988. Together with his wife Anzhela has three children: daughters Alina (1989) and Daryna (1998) and also one son, current professional footballer Kyrylo (1993).[5]

Honours

Player

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References
  1. Matthias Arnhold (15 July 2011). "Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. Serhiy Kovalets is now in charge of Oleksandria – terrikon.dn.ua (in Russian)
  3. У Ковальца в "Оболони" две задачи [Kovalets has two tasks with "Obolon"]. ua-football.com (in Russian). 14 January 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  4. Obolon part company with Kovalets 31 October 2011, ffu.org.ua
  5. "Сергій Ковалець". sport.ukrinform.ua. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
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