Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets (Ukrainian: Сергій Іванович Ковалець; born 5 September 1968) is a Ukrainian former footballer and current manager of Inhulets Petrove.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Chekhove, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DYuSSh Krasyliv | |||
| Sluch Krasyliv | |||
| Zirka Berdychiv | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 25 | (0) |
| 1987 | Zirka Berdychiv | (9) | |
| 1989 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 49 | (11) |
| 1990–1994 | Dynamo Kyiv | 118 | (13) |
| 1995–1996 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | (3) |
| 1996 | → Twente (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Chornomorets Odesa | 11 | (4) |
| 1997 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | Karpaty Lviv | 62 | (8) |
| 1997–1999 | → Karpaty-2 Lviv | 14 | (5) |
| 2000–2002 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 31 | (3) |
| 2000 | → Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 4 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | Obolon Kyiv | 27 | (2) |
| 2002 | → Obolon-2 Kyiv | 2 | (1) |
| 2003 | Krasyliv-Obolon Krasyliv | 5 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Volyn Lutsk | 8 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Borysfen Boryspil | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 390 | (57) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–1994 | Ukraine | 10 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Metalist Kharkiv (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Lviv | ||
| 2009 | Oleksandriya | ||
| 2010–2011 | Obolon Kyiv | ||
| 2012 | Tatran Prešov | ||
| 2012 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | ||
| 2013–2015 | Ukraine U-21 | ||
| 2016 | Trakai | ||
| 2017–2018 | Tatran Prešov | ||
| 2018–2020 | Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | ||
| 2020–2021 | Chornomorets Odesa | ||
| 2021–2022 | Polissya Stavky (amateurs) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Inhulets Petrove | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
editKovalets began his playing career in youth sports schools of Podolia region Berdychiv and Krasyliv. Since 1984 he played for the senior squad of the local football team Sluch Krasyliv that competed in the regional competitions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Next year he was invited to the team of masters Podillia Khmelnytskyi that was playing in the Soviet Second League (third tier). During that time, he also was called to serve his obligatory military service playing for amateur team out of Berdychiv led by Miletiy Balchos. In 1990 Kovalets accepted invitation from Oleh Bazylevych to join the "flagman" of Ukrainian and Soviet football FC Dynamo Kyiv.
Eventually he played 10 matches[1] for Ukraine between 1992 and 1994.
Coaching career
editAfter 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
editKovalets 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
editPlayer
edit- Soviet Top League Champion: 1990
- USSR Cup: 1990
- Ukrainian Premier League Champion: 1992–93
- Ukrainian Premier League Champion: 1993–94
- Ukrainian Cup: 1993
Coach
edit- Winner (1): Commonwealth of Independent States Cup: 2014
- Runner Up (1): Commonwealth of Independent States Cup: 2013
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References
edit- ^ Matthias Arnhold (15 July 2011). "Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ Serhiy Kovalets is now in charge of Oleksandria – terrikon.dn.ua (in Russian)
- ^ У Ковальца в "Оболони" две задачи [Kovalets has two tasks with "Obolon"]. ua-football.com (in Russian). 14 January 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
- ^ Obolon part company with Kovalets 31 October 2011, ffu.org.ua
- ^ "Сергій Ковалець". sport.ukrinform.ua. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
External links
edit- Serhiy Kovalets at National-Football-Teams.com
- Biography (in Russian)
- Serhiy Kovalets at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Serhiy Kovalets at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
