Ivan Dmytrovych Balan ( uk, Іван Дмитрович Балан; born 1 June 1949) is a Ukrainian
football coach and former player.
Career
Balan began playing football as a goalkeeper in the youth system of
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolayiv. In 1972, he joined the club's senior side and eventually scored two goals while playing occasionally in the outfield. Due to the age limit utilized in the
Soviet Second League
The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League. The le ...
, Balan retired from playing at age 31.
Balan managed his former club Sudnobudivnyk Mykolayiv, leading it to a second-place finish in the
1990 Soviet Lower Second League, Zone 1
1990 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 60th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which at the time was a part of the Soviet Lower Second League. The Soviet Second League was split this season and all nati ...
. After managing the club in the 1991 Soviet Second League, Balan led the club during the inaugural
1992 Ukrainian Premier League
1992 Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Чемпіонат серед команд вищої ліги) was the first football championship organized in Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and officially recognized by the UEFA. The last Soviet seaso ...
season (operating under the name Evis Mykolayiv) but resigned as the club were relegated to the second tier.
Balan was appointed manager of Ukrainian Premier League side
Illichivets Mariupol
Football Club Mariupol ( uk, Футбольний клуб "Маріуполь" ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Mariupol, that competed in the Ukrainian Premier League. The club ceased to exist as a result of the Siege of ...
in 2004, and managed the club until he was fired when the club dropped into last place following a loss against
FC Chornomorets Odesa
FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa.
The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 a ...
in the 23rd round of the 2006–07 season.
Coaching Record
References
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1949 births
Living people
Soviet men's footballers
Ukrainian men's footballers
MFC Mykolaiv players
Ukrainian football managers
Ukrainian Premier League managers
Ukrainian people of Romanian descent
MFC Mykolaiv managers
FC Krystal Kherson managers
SC Tavriya Simferopol managers
FC Mariupol managers
Soviet people of Romanian descent
Men's association football goalkeepers
Sportspeople from Kirovohrad Oblast
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