Mykhaylo Stelmakh (footballer)

Mykhailo Stelmakh (Ukrainian: Михайло Андрійович Стельмах; 29 April 1966 – 13 January 2025) was a Ukrainian football manager and player.

Mykhailo Stelmakh

Personal information
Full name	Mykhailo Andriyovych Stelmakh
Date of birth	(1966-04-29)29 April 1966
Place of birth	Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Date of death	13 January 2025(2025-01-13) (aged 58)
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1987	Dynamo Irpin	118	(12)
1988–1989	Dynamo Kyiv	12	(1)
1990	Halychyna Drohobych	23	(1)
1991	Shakhtar Donetsk	28	(0)
1991–1992	Spartak Subotica	0	(0)
1992–1994	Karpaty Lviv	30	(0)
1993	→ Evis Mykolaiv (loan)	7	(0)
1994	→ Boryspil (loan)	19	(1)
1994–1996	Vorskla Poltava	24	(1)
1995	→ CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv (loan)	17	(1)
1996–1998	CSKA Kyiv	22	(0)
1997–1998	→ CSKA-2 Kyiv	17	(1)
Managerial career
2000–2002	CSKA Kyiv (assistant)
2005–2008	Kharkiv (assistant)
2006	Kharkiv (caretaker)
2008–2010	Kharkiv
2011–2013	Poltava (assistant)
2014–2016	Dinaz Vyshhorod
2024–2025	Skala Stryi 1911 (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Zolochiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, he played with Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk in the Soviet First League. In 1992, he had a spell with Spartak Subotica in the First League of FR Yugoslavia before returning to, now independent, Ukraine and play with Karpaty Lviv, Vorskla Poltava and CSKA Kyiv.^[1]

After retiring he became a coach, first as assistant manager of CSKA Kyiv^[2] and Kharkiv and then main coach of Kharkiv between 2008 and 2010.^[3]

Death

Stelmakh died on 13 January 2025, at the age of 58.^[4]

Honours

Boryspil

• Ukrainian Second League: 1993–94

Vorskla Poltava

• Ukrainian First League: 1995–96

CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv

• Ukrainian Second League: 1995–96