Mykhailo Ivanytsia (Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Іваниця, born 8 August 1960) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former Soviet player.

Mykhailo Ivanytsia
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-08-08) 8 August 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Stavne, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Sports school #2 (Uzhhorod)[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1981 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 65 (3)
1982 Frunzenets Sumy 35 (2)
1983–1985 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 63 (2)
1988 Zirka Kirovohrad 20 (0)
Total 183 (7)
Managerial career
1992–1997 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (assistant)
1996–1998 FC Uzhhorod
1998–2001 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (assistant)
2001–2002 Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod
2002–2007 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (assistant)
2008–2009 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
2009–2010 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (reserves)
2010–2013 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (assistant)
2016 FC Baranyntsi
2016 Mynai
2020 Uzhhorod
2020 FC Torpo
2021 Uzhhorod
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

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Mykhailo Ivanytsia was born in a village Stavne, Velykyi Bereznyi Raion.[1] His football career he began for a village team "Verkhovyna" and later was invited to a sports school in Uzhhorod.[1]

In 1979 the head coach of FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Istvan Sandor invited Ivanytsia to the team of masters[a] in the main squad.[1] In 1980 Ivanytsia was drafted to armed forces as part of compulsory military service in the Soviet Union and served in the sports company in Lviv,[b] but later returned to the club.[1] In 1982 he moved to FC Frunzenets Sumy and already in Sumy Ivanytsia enrolled in a local economic faculty of the Sumy Institute of National Economy.[1] Soon again he returned to Zakarpattia.[1] In 1985 to 1988 he played for FC Zirka Kirovohrad.[1]

Due to injuries, Ivanytsia retired and accepted the offer to lead the "Trudovi Rezervy" sports school in Uzhhorod.[1][2] In 1992 the head coach of Zakarpattia Yuriy Chyrkov invited him as an assistant back to the club and where until 2013 Ivanytsia stayed performing various coaching functions including the club's head coach.[1] During that time along with Yuriy Kalitvintsev and Viktor Ryashko led the club to promotions to the Ukrainian Premier League including the 2008–09 season during which Ivanytsia performed as the head coach.[1]

On 10 July 2020 Ivanytsia became a head coach of Hungarian amateur club Torpo.[3]

Honours and achievements

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Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

Notes

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  1. ^ A team of masters was an official status of professional clubs in the Soviet football due to specifics of the Soviet economic system.
  2. ^ Lviv served as a center of the Soviet Carpathian Military District.

References

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