Ihor Petrovych Yavorskyi (Ukrainian: Ігор Петрович Яворський; born 9 June 1959) is a Ukrainian former footballer and football manager.

Ihor Yavorskyi
Yavorskyi in 2012
Personal information
Full name Ihor Petrovych Yavorskyi
Date of birth (1959-06-09) 9 June 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth Murovane, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977 FC Falcon Lviv
1978–1981 FC Nyva Pidhaitsi
1981 FC Kosmos Pavlohrad 21 (9)
1982 FC Metalist Kharkiv 1 (0)
1982–1984 FC Kosmos Pavlohrad 121 (35)
1985 FC Nyva Ternopil 38 (20)
1986 FC Metalist Kharkiv 8 (0)
1986–1987 FC Nyva Ternopil 70 (33)
1988 FC Guria Lanchkhuti 36 (6)
1989–1991 FC Nyva Ternopil 124 (83)
1991–1992 ŠK Futura Humenné
1993 NK Veres Rivne 35 (9)
1994–1995 Boliden 21 (36)
1995–1997 FC Nyva Ternopil 40 (16)
Managerial career
1997–1998 FC Nyva Ternopil
1998 FC Nyva Vinnytsia
1999 FC Metalurh Donetsk
1999 FC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk
2000–2001 FC Nyva Ternopil
2009 FC Lviv
2012–2014 FC Nyva Ternopil
2015 Toronto Atomic FC
2016–2017 Nyva Terebovlya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

Yavorskyi began his career with FC Falcon Lviv in the Ukrainian amateur leagues.[1] In 1978, he signed with FC Nyva Pidhaitsi of the Soviet Second League.[2] During his career in the Soviet Union he played with FC Kosmos Pavlohrad, FC Metalist Kharkiv, FC Guria Lanchkhuti.[3][4] In 1991, he played abroad in the Slovak National Football League with ŠK Futura Humenné, and returned home to play with NK Veres Rivne in the Ukrainian Premier League. He finished his career with Boliden in Sweden, and with Nyva Ternopil in 1997.

Managerial career edit

He was appointed the head coach of PFC Nyva Ternopil in 1994. He managed several teams in the Premier League as FC Metalurh Donetsk, FC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk, and served as an assistant coach with FC Lviv, FC Karpaty Lviv, and Metalurh Donetsk. In 2015, he was appointed the inaugural head coach for Toronto Atomic FC in the Canadian Soccer League.[5][6] Midway through the season he parted ways with Toronto.[7]

In 2016, he managed Nyva Terebovlya in the Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship.[8] In 2017, he announced his resignation from Nyva.[9]

Honors edit

Individual edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Футболіст Яворський Ігор - Інформаційно-статистична база ФФУ". footpass.ffu.ua. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  2. ^ "Яворський Ігор (1959)". 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2018-12-08.
  3. ^ "footballfacts.ru/staffs/108403-yavorskij-igor-petrovich - Translator". www.microsofttranslator.com. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  4. ^ "Офіційний сайт Федерації футболу України". ffu.org.ua. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  5. ^ "TORONTO ATOMIC TO ACCOMMODATE IMPORT PLAYERS FROM UKRAINE But team will launch from academy setting | SIRC". sirc.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  6. ^ football24.ua. "Яворський: Впевнений, у Торонто не буде такого бардаку, як в Тернополі". Футбол 24. Retrieved 2018-12-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Ігор Прокіпчук: "Як не задоволений результатом роботи Ігоря Яворського"". 2015-09-03. Retrieved 2016-08-06.
  8. ^ "Ще один колишній тренер тернопільської "Ниви" очолив футбольний клуб на Тернопільщині – Терен" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-08-18.
  9. ^ "Ігор Яворський – уже не тренер "Ниви"". Тижневик "Номер один" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2019-08-18.