Ivan Marushchak (; born 25 April 1970) is a Ukrainian

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coach.

Career

In 1988–90, he served in the

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, after which worked as a sports instructor in

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. In 2003 while working in

SC Tavriya Simferopol Sports Club Tavriya () was a Ukrainian football club from Simferopol. Tavriya was a member of the Ukrainian Premier League from its founding and won the first Ukrainian Premier League 1992, Ukrainian Premier League making them one of three team ...

, Marushchak graduated the Moscow State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports. In 2014, Marushchak ended up in a middle of political scandal connected with the

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when

FC Zhemchuzhyna Yalta FC Zhemchuzhina Yalta (; FC Zhemchuzhyna Yalta in Ukrainian transliteration () was a professional football club based in Yalta. Founded in 2010, the club reached the Ukrainian Second League for the 2012–13 season. In June 2013 it was refused a ...

played couple of exhibition games with Russian

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. After the annexation of Crimea Marushchak coached Zhemchuzhyna Yalta which competed in the 2014 Republican championship leading it at the first half. In August 2014 Zhemchuzhyna Yalta coached by Marushchak started to play in the Russian Cup and the

Russian Second League The Russian Second League (), formerly the Russian Professional Football League, are both the third (Division A) and fourth level (Division B) of Russian professional Association football, football. History In 1998–2010, it was run by the :ru: ...

.Иван Марущак: Футбол - моя жизнь, "Жемчужина" - в моем сердце!
. cit.ru. 23 September 2014 Marushchak is a non-partisan member of the Ternopil Oblast Council. In 2015, he served as the president of FC Ahro Synkiv and in 2016, he became the president of FC Ternopil.

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* at the Ternopil Oblast Council * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marushchak, Ivan 1970 births Living people Sportspeople from Ternopil Oblast Ukrainian football managers Ukrainian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Russia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia FC Yalos Yalta managers SC Olkom Melitopol managers FC Knyazha-2 Shchaslyve managers FC Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine managers FC Zhemchuzhina Yalta managers FC Ternopil managers Ukrainian First League managers Ukrainian Second League managers Local politicians in Ukraine