Igor Vasilyevich Gamula /ref> (russian: Игорь Васильевич Гамула, uk, Ігор Васильович Гамула; 17 February 1960 – 8 December 2021) was a Ukrainian and Russian professional football coach and player. He was also a scout for
FC Rostov
FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...
. He made his debut in the
Soviet Top League
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The professional top level ...
FC Rostov
FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...
on 25 September 2014 following the resignation of
Miodrag Božović
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Playing career Club
A tall central defender, Božović played alongside Yugoslav and Montenegrin legends Predrag Mijatović and Dejan Savi� ...
.
Following
FC Rostov
FC Rostov (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб Ростов) is a Russian professional football club based in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast. The club are members of the Russian Premier League, and play at the Rostov Arena. After the ...
'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), Ze ...
, 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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