Mykhaylo Fomenko
Ukrainian footballer (born 1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mykhaylo Ivanovych Fomenko (Ukrainian: Михайло Іванович Фоменко; born 19 September 1948) is a Ukrainian former football player and coach.
 Fomenko in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mykhaylo Ivanovych Fomenko | ||
| Date of birth | (1948-09-19) 19 September 1948 (age 75) | ||
| Place of birth | Mala Rybytsia, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1962–1965 | Spartak Sumy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1970 | Spartak Sumy | 48 | (8) |
| 1970–1972 | Zorya Luhansk | 59 | (1) |
| 1972–1979 | Dynamo Kyiv | 173 | (0) |
| Total | 280 | (9) | |
| International career | |||
| 1972–1976 | USSR | 24 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1979 | Frunzenets Sumy | ||
| 1980–1985 | Dynamo Kyiv (as instructor) | ||
| 1985–1986 | Desna Chernihiv | ||
| 1987 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | ||
| 1987–1990 | Guria Lanchkhuti | ||
| 1990–1991 | Al-Rasheed and Iraq | ||
| 1991–1992 | Avtomobilist Sumy | ||
| 1993 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| 1994 | Veres Rivne | ||
| 1994 | Guinea | ||
| 1994–1996 | CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv | ||
| 1996–2000 | Metalist Kharkiv | ||
| 2000–2001 | CSKA Kyiv | ||
| 2001–2002 | Metalist Kharkiv | ||
| 2003 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | ||
| 2003–2005 | Metalist Kharkiv | ||
| 2005 | Spartak Sumy (vice-president) | ||
| 2005–2008 | Tavriya Simferopol | ||
| 2010–2011 | Salyut Belgorod | ||
| 2012–2016 | Ukraine | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Soviet Union | ||
| Men’s football | ||
 | 1976 Montreal | Team competition |
As a player, he was capped 24 times for the Soviet Union,[1] and, as a head coach, became the second ever manager – after Oleh Blokhin – to take the Ukraine national team to an international finals tournament, reaching UEFA Euro 2016.
Fomenko was famous for his coaching in Dynamo Kyiv, winning its first Ukrainian gold medals for the club, first Ukrainian Cup for the club and most notably, defeating Barcelona in the first leg of the Champions League tournament. Barcelona, under Johan Cruyff and with such star players as Ronald Koeman and Pep Guardiola, ended up to be finalist of that UEFA Champions League season.
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