Ihor Mykolayovych Yurchenko (; born in 5/9/1960) is the Soviet and Ukrainian professional

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er known for his performance in the Ukrainian club Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. Ihor has a younger brother Mykola Yurchenko whose name is also tightly intertwined with the fate of the western Ukrainian club.

Playing career

He made his professional debut in the tournament for Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk in 1977. Throughout of his career played for different clubs of the

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such as

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ...

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, and

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. With the fall of the Soviet Union Yurchenko was on the roster of the football club Prykarpattia which was placed in the

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in 1992 after finishing second in the Soviet fourth division. He stayed with the club before its return to the Premiers after the 1994–95 season, becoming the playing coach for the team. Yurchenko soon after the club secured its place in the top league retired as a player continuing to coach the club from

Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk (, ), formerly Stanyslaviv, Stanislav and Stanisławów, is a city in western Ukraine. It serves as the administrative centre of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast as well as Ivano-Frankivsk Raion within the oblast. Ivano-Frankivsk also host ...

. Later in his coaching career he managed Nyva Ternopil.

Honours

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( ) or Ukrainian First League is a Ukrainian football league system, level of national football competitions (second tier) in Ukraine governed by the Professional Football League of Ukraine, Professional Football League at the disc ...

champion.

References

External links

Statistics of the player at KLISF

Protocol of one of the matches in 1993 between Prykarpattia and Podillya

* ttp://fscprykarpattya.if.ua/news/2006-10-03-2 Interview of Taras Kovalchuk, another native of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and player of the Ukrainian Olympic team
Interview of Taras Klym, the president of NFK Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yurchenko, Ihor 1960 births Living people Footballers from Ivano-Frankivsk Soviet men's footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Ukrainian football managers FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Chornomorets Odesa players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk managers FC Nyva Ternopil managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Men's association football midfielders FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players FC Kalush managers 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen