Myron Markevych

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Myron Bohdanovych Markevych (Ukrainian: Мирон Богданович Маркевич; born 1 February 1951) is a Ukrainian football manager and former player. He last managed Karpaty Lviv.

Myron Markevych

Markevych in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Myron Bohdanovych Markevych
Date of birth	(1951-02-01) 1 February 1951 (age 74)
Place of birth	Vynnyky, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1972	Karpaty Lviv	0	(0)
1973	SKA Lviv
1974	Spartak Ordzhonikidze	0	(0)
1977–1978	Torpedo Lutsk	59	(7)
Managerial career
1978	Torpedo Lutsk (assistant)
1984–1987	Torpedo Lutsk
1988–1989	Podillya Khmelnytskyi
1990	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
1991–1992	Volyn Lutsk
1992–1995	Karpaty Lviv
1995	Podillya Khmelnytskyi
1996	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
1996–1998	Karpaty Lviv
1999–2001	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
2001–2002	Karpaty Lviv
2002	Anzhi Makhachkala
2003–2004	Karpaty Lviv
2005–2014	Metalist Kharkiv
2010	Ukraine
2014–2016	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2023–2024	Karpaty Lviv
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He has worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League^[1] and for the Ukraine national team.^[2][3] He holds the record for coaching the most matches (500 as on 15 August 2011) in the Ukrainian Premier League.^[4]

A former midfielder, he made 59 appearances in the Soviet Second League for Torpedo Lutsk.

Playing career

Markevych played as a midfielder for Karpaty Lviv (reserves), SCA Lviv, Spartak Ordzhinikidze, and Torpedo Lutsk.

Coaching career

Graffiti. 2010

Markevych graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Lviv and the Supreme school of coaches in Moscow in 1983. He has managed a number of teams, devoting most of his career to Karpaty Lviv and Metalist Kharkiv. He most notably served as manager of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, where he reached the 2015 UEFA Europa League final.^[5]

Markevych was appointed head coach of the Ukraine national team in early February 2010,^[6] but left six months later,^[3] submitting his resignation to the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) by fax on 21 August 2010. Initially, the legal department of FFU stated that such a document could only be submitted in its original form and the fax copy could not be accepted.^[7][8] Ultimately, the FFU accepted his resignation and appointed Yuriy Kalitvintsev as caretaker manager.^[9][10]

In June 2023, Markevych returned for the fifth time to Karpaty Lviv,^[11] but resigned a year later.^[12]

Personal life

Markevych is of Polish descent by maternal grandfather.^[13] He is fluent in English and Polish. He is married and is the father of two sons, Ostap Markevych and Yuriy Markevych.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Spartak Ordzhonikidze	1974		—		1	0	—		—		1	0
Torpedo Lutsk	1977	Soviet Second League	36	4	—		—		—		36	4
	1978	Soviet Second League	23	3	—		—		—		23	3
	Total		59	7	—		—		—		59	7
Career total			59	7	1	0	—		—		60	7

Managerial statistics

As of match played 11 April 2024

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Torpedo Lutsk		1984	1987	172	68	44	60	039.5
Podillia		1988	31 May 1989	67	32	13	22	047.8
Kryvbas		1990	30 April 1990	6	1	2	3	016.7
Volyn		1991	June 1992	63	29	9	25	046.0
Karpaty		July 1992	June 1995	121	50	31	40	041.3
Podillia		18 August 1995	25 September 1995	11	4	5	2	036.4
Kryvbas		March 1996	June 1996	18	7	5	6	038.9
Karpaty		July 1996	December 1998	87	47	22	18	054.0
Metalurh Z		March 1999	May 2001	73	30	19	24	041.1
Karpaty		July 2001	March 2002	22	10	5	7	045.5
Anzhi		June 2002	August 2002	9	1	2	6	011.1
Karpaty		August 2003	June 2004	21	3	5	13	014.3
Metalist		July 2005	February 2014	333	189	79	65	056.8
Ukraine		30 January 2010	21 August 2010	4	3	1	0	075.0
Dnipro		26 May 2014	30 June 2016	88	50	18	20	056.8
Karpaty		1 June 2023[14]	18 July 2024	22	17	3	2	077.3
Total				1,117	541	263	313	048.4

Honours

Manager

Karpaty Lviv

• Ukrainian Cup runner-up: 1993, 1999
• Ukrainian Premier League third place: 1998

Metalist Kharkiv

• Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2013; third place (6) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

• UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2014–15
• Ukrainian Premier League third place: 2015

Individual

• Top 50 Best Football Managers in the World according to FourFourTwo: 2015^[15]