Anatoliy Korobochka

Anatoliy Korobochka
Personal information
Full name Anatoliy Vasylyovych Korobochka
Date of birth (1955-01-05) 5 January 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth Simferopol, Soviet Union
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1977 Tavriya Simferopol 176 (38)
1978–1980 CSKA Moscow 64 (4)
1981–1983 SKA Odessa 133 (9)
1983–1984 Soviet Army Team (DDR)
1984–1987 BSG Stahl Thale
1987–1989 Einheit Wernigerode
1989–1990 SG Falkensee-Finkenkrug
1990–1991 Eintracht Loewenberg
Managerial career
1991 CSKA Moscow-2
1998–2000 Tavriya Simferopol
2000 FC Spartak-Chukotka Moscow
2003–2006 FC Reutov
2007–2008 Heart of Midlothian
2010–2011 FC Gornyak Uchaly
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anatoliy Vasylyovych Korobochka (Russian: Анатолий Васильевич Коробочка) (born 5 January 1955 in Simferopol, USSR, now Ukraine) is a former midfielder, and was formerly the Director of Football at Heart of Midlothian football club in Scotland.[2]

Korobochka has played for Tavriya Simferopol, CSKA Moscow, SKA Odessa, and numerous clubs in GDR. After retiring from playing in 1991 he moved into coaching with CSKA Moscow, coaching their reserve team. Afterwards he became head of player development for them. In 1998, he became head-coach of Tavriya Simferopol. This was followed by brief spells with Spartak-Chukotka and FC Reutov, where was also a general director. Over the years he held the administrator position at CSKA Moscow and Torpedo Moscow.

Korobochka arrived at Heart of Midlothian in 2006 as Director of Football along with Sport Director Alex Koslovski and Eduard Malofeev, the consultant who himself had an unsuccessful six-game spell as interim head coach in October 2006.[3]

On 30 July 2007 it was confirmed that Korobochka would take permanent charge of Hearts for the 2007–08 season, joint with Stephen Frail who had acted as Interim assistant coach the previous season. Their reign ended on 1 January 2008 following five consecutive defeats. Frail became caretaker manager, whilst Korobochka retained his position as Director of Football. On 22 July 2009 Hearts announced he had left this position. After that, he managed FC Gornyak Uchaly.

Managerial stats

Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
Heart of Midlothian Scotland 2 March 2007 1 January 2008 33 13 14 6 39.39

References

  1. ^ "Коробочка Анатолий Васильевич". footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Anatoly Korobochka leaves Hearts". BBC News. 22 July 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Hearts appoint interim head coach". BBC News. 2 March 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2010.