Roman Mykhaylovych Pokora (, 22 February 1948 – 8 March 2021) was a Ukrainian

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player and manager who played most of his career as a

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Career

Born in

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, Pokora lived in

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, a suburb of

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, since the age of 4. Pokora played four seasons in the

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for

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. Pokora was married and had two sons.

Honours

Karpaty Lviv *

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: 1969

References

External links

* Verbytsky, I.
Roman Pokora: Habovda drifted away, and we got scared that his death will be on our conscience (Роман Покора: Габовда поплыл, а мы испугались, что его смерть будет на нашей совести)
'. UA-Football. 18 January 2017. 1948 births 2021 deaths People from Zboriv Soviet men's footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Karpaty Lviv players FC Metalist Kharkiv players FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk players Soviet Top League players Ukrainian football managers Soviet football managers FC Bălți managers Ukrainian Premier League managers NK Veres Rivne managers FC Volyn Lutsk managers FC Polissya Zhytomyr managers FC Oleksandriya managers FC Nyva Vinnytsia managers MFC Mykolaiv managers FC Helios Kharkiv managers FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn managers FC Skala Stryi (1911) managers FC Halychyna Drohobych managers Ukrainian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Azerbaijan Expatriate football managers in Georgia (country) Footballers from Ternopil Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{USSR-footy-midfielder-stub