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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
Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (), served as the top division (tier) of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The league's name was a conditional designation used for brevity since being completely owned and g ...
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 ...
,
SKA Rostov-na-Donu FC SKA Rostov-on-Don () is a Russian association football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club's history includes becoming runners-up of the Soviet Top League in 1966 and winning the Soviet Cup in 1981. History \The club was founded on 27 Aug ...
, and
Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Odesa, Ukraine. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ''Dynamo'', but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959
. With the fall of the Soviet Union Yurchenko was on the roster of the football club Prykarpattia which was placed in the
Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...
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