Myron Bohdanovych Markevych (; born 1 February 1951) is a Ukrainian

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manager and former player who manages

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. He has worked as a manager in the

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and for the Ukraine national team. He holds the record for coaching the most matches (500 as on 15 August 2011) in the Ukrainian Premier League.Information on Official Metalist Kharkiv website
A former

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, he made 59 appearances in the

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for Torpedo Lutsk.

Playing career

Markevych played as a

for

(reserves), SCA Lviv, Spartak Ordzhinikidze, and Torpedo Lutsk.

Coaching career

Markevych graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in

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and the Supreme school of coaches in

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in 1983. He has managed a number of teams, devoting most of his career to

and

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. He last served as manager of

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro (, ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club played its last season in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur League. The club was owned by Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyi. In 2018, FC Dnipro was forced i ...

. Markevych was appointed head coach of the Ukraine national team in early February 2010, but left six months later,Markevich leaves Ukraine helm
,

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(25 August 2010) submitting his resignation to the

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(FFU) by fax on 21 August 2010. Initially, the legal department of FFU stated that such a document could only be submitted in its original form and the fax copy could not be accepted. Ultimately, the FFU accepted his resignation and appointed Yuriy Kalitvintsev as

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. In June 2023, Markevych returned for the fifth time to

Personal life

Markevych is of Polish descent by maternal grandfather. He is fluent in

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and

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. He is married and is the father of two sons, Ostap Markevych and Yuriy Markevych.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Karpaty Lviv *

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runner-up: 1993, 1999 *

third place: 1998 Metalist Kharkiv *Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2013; third place (6) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk *

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runner-up: 2014–15 *Ukrainian Premier League third place: 2015 Individual *Top 50 Best Football Managers in the World according to ''

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'': 2015FourFourTwo's 50 Best Football Managers in the World 2015: 40-36

(13 July 2015)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Markevych, Myron 1951 births Living people People from Vynnyky Lviv State University of Physical Culture alumni Higher School of Coaches alumni Soviet men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ukrainian people of Polish descent FC Spartak Vladikavkaz players FC Volyn Lutsk players Soviet Second League players Soviet football managers Ukrainian football managers FC Volyn Lutsk managers FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi managers FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih managers FC Karpaty Lviv managers FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia managers FC Anzhi Makhachkala managers FC Metalist Kharkiv managers Ukraine national football team managers FC Dnipro managers Soviet Second League managers Ukrainian Premier League managers Russian Premier League managers Ukrainian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Russia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Ukrainian Association of Football officials FC Karpaty Lviv players Footballers from Lviv Oblast