Myron Markevych


Myron Bohdanovych Markevych is a Ukrainian football manager and a former midfielder.
He worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Ukrainian national football team. He holds the record for coaching the most matches in the Ukrainian Premier League.

Career

Playing

He played as a midfielder for FC Karpaty Lviv, SCA Lviv, FC Spartak Ordzhinikidze, and FC Torpedo Lutsk.

Coaching

He graduated from the Institute of Physical Education and the Supreme school of coaches in Moscow in 1983. He has managed a number of teams, devoting most of his career to Karpaty Lviv and Metalist Kharkiv. He last served as manager of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.
Markevych was appointed head coach of Ukraine's national football team in early February 2010, but left six months later, submitting his resignation to the Football Federation of Ukraine by fax on 21 August 2010. Initially, the legal department of FFU stated that such a document could only be submitted in its original form and the fax copy could not be accepted. Ultimately, the FFU accepted his resignation and appointed Yuriy Kalitvintsev as caretaker manager.

Personal information

He is fluent in English and Polish. He is married and is the father of two sons, Ostap Markevych and Yuriy Markevych.

Honours

Manager

Club

;Karpaty Lviv
;Metalist Kharkiv
;Dnipro