Igor Vasilyevich Gamula /ref> (, ; 17 February 1960 – 8 December 2021) was a Ukrainian and Russian professional
football
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coach and player. He was also a scout for
FC Rostov
FC Rostov () is a Russian professionalism in association football, professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club competes in the Russian Premier League, playing their home matches at the Rostov Arena.
History
Soviet era (1930-199 ...
. He made his debut in the
Soviet Top League
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FC Rostov
FC Rostov () is a Russian professionalism in association football, professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club competes in the Russian Premier League, playing their home matches at the Rostov Arena.
History
Soviet era (1930-199 ...
on 25 September 2014 following the resignation of
Miodrag Božović
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Playing career Club
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.
Following
FC Rostov
FC Rostov () is a Russian professionalism in association football, professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club competes in the Russian Premier League, playing their home matches at the Rostov Arena.
History
Soviet era (1930-199 ...
's 1–0 win over
FC Ural
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History
The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Zenit (1944†...
, Gamula became involved in a racism row following question to the possibility of Rostov signing Benoit Angbwa, saying that six "dark-skinned players" was sufficient for the team. On 12 November Gamula was handed a five-game ban following his remarks.
On 18 December, Gamula was appointed Rostov's youth team manager, with
Kurban Berdyev
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replacing him as manager of the first team.
Gamula died on 8 December 2021, at the age of 61.
Honours
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Soviet Cup
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1981 (
FC SKA Rostov-on-Don
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History
\The club was founded on 27 Aug ...