Andriy Pavelko is a Ukrainian politician and sports functionary. On 6 March 2015, he was elected as president of the Football Federation of Ukraine and officially replaced Anatoliy Konkov. Pavelko was already in charge as its acting president since 23 January 2015. In May 2019, he changed the federation's name to "Ukrainian Association of Football".
Career
1993–1994 — Technician at the Dnipropetrovsk information computer center 1995–1997 — Director, «Stroidniproservis» Closed Joint-Stock Company, Dnipro 1997–1998 — Deputy director at «Dnipromain», Dnipro 1998–2001 — Director, «Niktranc» LLC, Dnipro 2001–2003 — Deputy director, Director at «Dnipromain», Dnipro Since 2001 — Head of the Football Federation in Dnipropetrovsk region Since 2003 — Deputy Director General of «Vinil» LLC March 17, 2009 – Head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional office of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine September 28, 2010 – «Front of changes» political party's nominee to the post of Mayor of Dnipro March 6, 2015 – President of the Football Federation of Ukraine 2015-2017 – Deputy chairman of the UEFA national associations committee May 11, 2017 – Member of the FIFA disciplinary committee June 1, 2017 – Deputy chairman of the UEFA legal committee June 16, 2017 – President of the “Ukrainian football association” civic organization February 7, 2019 – Member of the UEFA executive committee May 29, 2019 – Chairman of the UEFA committee for Players’ Status, Transfer and Agents and Match Agents
Achievement
During the period of the leadership of the Ukrainian Football Association Andriy Pavelko, a number of positive developments have taken place in national football. According to Andriy Pavelko, 2019 has become the brightest in the history of Ukrainian football. Last year became unique in the biography of the national team of Ukraine: no defeat in 10 matches, including - in eight matches of the Euro 2020 qualifying cycle. The Ukrainian national team triumphantly reached the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship. In addition, the U-20 youth team, led by Alexander Petrakov, won the World Cup.
Fighting corruption
While serving as a Ukrainian MP Andriy Pavelko has initiated a law No.743-VIII “On the prevention of corruption offences’ influence on the results of sporting competitions”. The Parliament has approved this law in November 2015. The law foresees the mechanisms of prevention and revealing the influence of corruption offences on the results of sporting competitions, defines the responsibility for violations and methods to deal with their consequences, and establishes mechanisms of international cooperation in fighting corruption in the sphere of sports.
