Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko ( uk, Олексій Олександрович Михайличенко; born 30 March 1963) is a Ukrainianfootball coach and former professional player. He is a Distinguished Master of Sports of the USSR and a 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
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Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
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attacking midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Mykhaylychenko currently holds an administrative position at his home club,
Dynamo Kyiv
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offic ...
, as director of sport. His name is commonly romanised as Alexei Mikhailichenko from the Russian spelling of his name (Алексей Александрович Михайличенко).
Mykhaylychenko played for
Dynamo Kyiv
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offic ...
,
Sampdoria
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The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s ...
and
Rangers
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. He then became a coach, starting with assistant coach to
Dynamo Kyiv
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offic ...
's legendary Valeriy Lobanovsky. Following the death of Lobanovsky, Mykhaylychenko 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
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senior side for two years after that.
Club career
Mykhaylychenko began his football career in the youth system of
Dynamo Kyiv
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offic ...
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The professional top level ...
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
The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...
Soviet Footballer of the Year
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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
Unione Calcio Sampdoria, commonly referred to as Sampdoria (), is an Italian professional football club based in Genoa.
The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s ...
, who won their first
Serie A
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title that season.
The following season he moved to play with the
Scottish Premier Division
The Scottish Football League Premier Division was, from 1975 until 1998, the top division of the Scottish Football League and the entire Scottish football league system. It lay above the Scottish Football League First, Second and (from 1994 ...
team
Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
, uniting with fellow Ukrainian and Dynamo Kyiv teammate
Oleh Kuznetsov
Oleh Volodymyrovych Kuznetsov (born as Oleg Wladimirowitsch Kuznetsow in Germany) ( uk, Олег Володимирович Кузнєцов) (born 22 March 1963) is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional player. He won domestic h ...
, although the defender had a long-term injury problem and they only played together 20 times in Scotland. His first season at Ibrox was undoubtedly his most successful, as they completed the double of the Premier Division title and
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,domestic treble a year later, but managed just five goals. He was an even more frequent selection in the first team during 1993–94, playing 34 games, but again scored only five times.
Despite being very successful as a creative and technical central midfielder earlier in his career, at Rangers he was often deployed on the left wing with less impact as manager Walter Smith preferred a
4–4–2 formation
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with more combative players in the central roles. Then came the arrival of wide man Brian Laudrup, whose presence in the team restricted Mykhaylychenko to a mere nine league appearances and two goals in 1994–95. He made 11 goalless league appearances in the 1995–96 (during which
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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made an unsuccessful approach for him) and remained in
Glasgow
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until retiring from playing in May 1996 at the age of 33.
With Rangers, Mykhaylychenko managed to win another five league winner's medals. All-in-all he won championship medals in three different nations, and for seven consecutive seasons – USSR in 1990, Italy in 1991 and Scotland from 1992 to 1996.
International career
At national level, in 1983 Mykhaylychenko took part in the 'Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR' in the team of Ukrainian Republic team.
Mykhaylychenko was capped 36 times (scoring nine goals) for the
USSR
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. His first game for the Soviet team was on 29 April 1987 at home against
East Germany
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. He won the gold medal at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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, and was part of the silver medal-winning Soviet squad at Euro 1988, but injury deprived him of a place in the
FIFA World Cup 1990
The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being M ...
squad and he was sorely missed as the Soviets crashed out in the first round.
Mykhaylychenko also played at the Euro 1992 championship with the CIS (appearing for the interim team five times in total) and afterwards played twice for
Ukraine
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, making his debut on 28 October 1992 against
Belarus
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, aged 29.
Coaching
After retiring from playing in 1996, Mykhaylychenko went back to Ukraine to begin coaching under the legendary Kyiv manager Valeri Lobanovsky, remaining his assistant for five years. When Lobanovsky died in 2002, Mykhaylychenko took over as caretaker manager before assuming full control of the team in the 2002–03 season. Mikhailichenko led the team to two league titles and the 2003
Ukrainian Cup
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, but was replaced in August 2004. In 2004, he became the head coach of the Ukraine under-21 team. In that capacity he led the team to the final of the 2006 European Championship, which they lost to
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On 16 June 2006, it was reported that Mikhailichenko would take over as head coach of
Scottish Premier League
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club, Heart of Midlothian. Hearts did not follow up their reported interest and instead appointed caretaker
Valdas Ivanauskas
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He is best known in Europe for his time at Austria Vienna as well as Hamburger SV where he acted between 1993 and 97. Beyond that he stood on the sideli ...
2010 World Cup
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in South Africa.
Mykhaylychenko took over again as head coach of Dynamo Kyiv in August 2019. He was released from his duties on 20 July 2020, after winning the
Ukrainian Cup
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and reaching second place in the championship. The club's official website cited playing level and the lack of progress as main reasons for his departure.
In May 2021, became Vice-President of the
Ukrainian Association of Football
The Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) ( uk, Українська асоціяція футболу, Ukrayins'ka Asotsiyatsiya Futbolu) is the governing body of football in Ukraine. Before 2019 it was known as the Football Federation of Ukr ...
, promoted by the commander of Andriy Pavelka, who will be pratsyuvati in the UAF.
Career statistics
International
International goals
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Honours
Club
Dynamo Kyiv
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Soviet Top League
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1981
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1985
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** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
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1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
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**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal enter ...
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1990
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Soviet Cup
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1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
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1987
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1990
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European Cup Winners' Cup
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Scottish Premier Division
The Scottish Football League Premier Division was, from 1975 until 1998, the top division of the Scottish Football League and the entire Scottish football league system. It lay above the Scottish Football League First, Second and (from 1994 ...
1992–93
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Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1991–92
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Scottish League Cup
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1992–93
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European Football Championship
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Soviet Footballer of the Year
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1989
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– 12th
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1991
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– 21st
Manager
Dynamo Kyiv
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Ukrainian Premier League
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Ukrainian Cup
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Ukrainian Super Cup
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2004
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Ukraine under-21s
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UEFA Under-21 Championship
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