Volodymyr Bohdanovych Mykytin (; born 28 April 1970) is a Ukrainian professional

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coach and a former player. He is the current manager of

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since August 2020.

Club career

Mykytin started to play football at a local

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in 1979, later he played for the Voroshylovhrad boarding school of sports specialization (Shkola Internat Sportifnogo Profilia). He made his professional debut at age 17 playing in the 1987 Soviet Second League for FC Stakhanovets Stakhanov. In 1989–1990 Mykytin also played for the Second League team of the

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SKA Odessa. His debut at continental club competitions Mykytin made for

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when on 10 August 1999 he came out on substitution in home game against the

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side Sileks Kratovo during the

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. In 2004 return to

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after few years playing in neighboring Russia for

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. In Luhansk Mykytin retired from playing career in 2006 and become a coach within

Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk ( ) is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk was based in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine. However, due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the team currently plays its games at Slavutych-Arena in Zaporizhzhia. The modern club as a ...

youth system. Due to the Russian aggression against Ukraine, in 2014 along with the club was forced to relocate to

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International career

Mykytin made his international debut for Ukraine on 15 July 1998 in a home friendly game against

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which Ukraine lost 1:2.Ukraine-Poland
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. During that period he changed from Karpaty Lviv to

Coaching career

His coaching career Mykytin started in 2006 with the

youth system and in 2007–2020 he was a senior coach of Zorya reserves and under-21 team.

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

In August 2020 Mykytin accepted his first managerial post in

as since 2014 Zorya is quartered in

, due to the Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Honours

* Russian Cup finalist: 2003.

References

External links

* * 1970 births Living people People from Krasnyi Luch Soviet men's footballers Ukrainian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders Ukraine men's international footballers FC Stakhanov players SKA Odesa players FC Zorya Luhansk players FC Karpaty Lviv players FC Karpaty-2 Lviv players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk players FC Vorskla Poltava players FC Rostov players FC Stal Kamianske players FC Zorya-2 Luhansk players Soviet Second League players Ukrainian Premier League players Ukrainian First League players Ukrainian Second League players Russian Premier League players Ukrainian football managers FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia managers Ukrainian First League managers Ukrainian Second League managers Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Footballers from Luhansk Oblast 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub