Yevhen Kucherevskyi

Yevhen Mefodiyovych Kucherevskyi (Ukrainian: Євген Мефодiйoвич Кучеревський, Russian: Евгений Мефодьевич Кучеревский; 6 August 1941 – 26 August 2006) was a Ukrainian football coach. He is most famous for his spells managing Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, which, under his helm, won the Soviet Championship in 1988, took 2nd place twice in 1987 and 1989, as well as the USSR Cup in 1989. Dnipro's recent success in the first half of the 2000s is mostly attributed to his coaching as well.

Yevhen Kucherevskyi

Personal information
Full name	Yevhen Mefodiyovych Kucherevskyi Evgeny Mefodyevich Kucherevsky
Date of birth	(1941-08-06)6 August 1941
Place of birth	Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	26 August 2006(2006-08-26) (aged 65)
Place of death	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1961	Spartak Kherson
1961–1962	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka
1963–1964	SKA Odessa
1965–1967	Sudostroitel Mykolaiv	21	(0)
1968	Avanhard Zhovti Vody	27	(0)
1969–1970	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka
Managerial career
1976–1981	Kolos Nikopol (assistant)
1982–1983	Kolos Nikopol
1984–1985	Sudostroitel Mykolaiv
1986	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
1987–1992	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
1992	Etoile SS
1992–1993	Russia U-19
1993	Russia U-21 (assistant)
1993–1994	Russia U-21
1994–1997	SC Mykolaiv
1997–1999	Arsenal Tula
1999	Uralan Elista
2000	Dnipromine Academy Dnipropetrovsk
2000	Rotor Volgograd
2001	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow
2001–2005	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2005–2006	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (sports director)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

On 26 August 2006, Kucherevskyi's Mercedes-Benz suffered a head-on collision with a KAMAZ truck. He died an hour and half later in a hospital, without regaining consciousness.

Upon Kucherevskyi's funeral, Dnipropetrovsk mayor Ivan Kulichenko, announced a plan to name one of the city streets in his honor.

References

• Aleksey Dospekhov, The creator of Dnipropetrovs phenomenon died, Kommersant, 28 August 2006, reprinted at Korrespondent.net in Russian and in Ukrainian. (in Russian and Ukrainian)
• Ivan Krasikov, Aleksey Dospekhov, A man who did not like to concede (obituary), Kommersant, 25 August 2006 (in Russian)
• Ivan Krasikov, The street in Dnipropetrovsk will be named to Kucherevsky, Kommersant, 28 August 2006 (in Russian)