Serhiy Kovalets

Serhiy Kovalets
Personal information
Full name Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets
Date of birth (1968-09-05) 5 September 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Chekhove, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
DYuSSh Krasyliv
Sluch Krasyliv
Zirka Berdychiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 25 (0)
1987 Zirka Berdychiv (9)
1989 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 49 (11)
1990–1994 Dynamo Kyiv 118 (13)
1995–1996 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 (3)
1996 → Twente (loan) 0 (0)
1996–1997 Chornomorets Odesa 11 (4)
1997 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 (1)
1997–2000 Karpaty Lviv 62 (8)
1997–1999 → Karpaty-2 Lviv 14 (5)
2000–2002 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 31 (3)
2000 → Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia 4 (2)
2002–2003 Obolon Kyiv 27 (2)
2002 → Obolon-2 Kyiv 2 (1)
2003 Krasyliv-Obolon Krasyliv 5 (1)
2003–2004 Volyn Lutsk 8 (1)
2004–2005 Borysfen Boryspil 3 (0)
Total 390 (57)
International career
1992–1994 Ukraine 10 (0)
Managerial career
2005–2008 Metalist Kharkiv (assistant)
2008–2009 Lviv
2009 Oleksandriya
2010–2011 Obolon Kyiv
2012 Tatran Prešov
2012 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
2013–2015 Ukraine U-21
2016 Trakai
2017–2018 Tatran Prešov
2018–2020 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
2020–2021 Chornomorets Odesa
2021–2022 Polissya Stavky (amateurs)
2022–2023 Inhulets Petrove
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets (Ukrainian: Сергій Іванович Ковалець; born 5 September 1968) is a Ukrainian former footballer and current manager of Inhulets Petrove.

Playing career

Kovalets began his playing career in youth sports schools of Podolia region Berdychiv and Krasyliv. Since 1984 he played for the senior squad of the local football team Sluch Krasyliv that competed in the regional competitions of Khmelnytskyi Oblast. Next year he was invited to the team of masters Podillia Khmelnytskyi that was playing in the Soviet Second League (third tier). During that time, he also was called to serve his obligatory military service playing for amateur team out of Berdychiv led by Miletiy Balchos. In 1990 Kovalets accepted invitation from Oleh Bazylevych to join the "flagman" of Ukrainian and Soviet football FC Dynamo Kyiv.

Eventually he played 10 matches[1] for Ukraine between 1992 and 1994.

Coaching career

After he retired from playing football, Metalist Kharkiv head coach Myron Markevych invited Kovalets to work with him as an assistant coach in 2005. In 2008, Kovalets became the head coach of the newly promoted FC Lviv, who had an unsuccessful start in the Ukrainian Premier League. Kovalets failed to accomplish his task of keeping his team in the Premier League, which ended up losing to Illichivets in goal difference.

At the end of August 2009, Kovalets became the new head coach of PFC Oleksandria in the Ukrainian First League.[2] He held this position until Yuriy Maksymov left Obolon during the winter break of 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League season when he was offered the position.[3] He was sacked after a 1–0 defeat at Chornomorets Odesa on 31 November.[4] On 18 January 2012, Kovalets was appointed as the new manager of 1. FC Tatran Prešov.

Personal life

Kovalets was born in Chekhove, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, now Ukraine. He is married since 1988. Together with his wife Anzhela has three children: daughters Alina (1989) and Daryna (1998) and also one son, current professional footballer Kyrylo (1993).[5]

Honours

Player

Coach

Winner (1): Commonwealth of Independent States Cup: 2014
Runner Up (1): Commonwealth of Independent States Cup: 2013

References

  1. ^ Matthias Arnhold (15 July 2011). "Serhiy Ivanovych Kovalets - International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
  2. ^ Serhiy Kovalets is now in charge of Oleksandria – terrikon.dn.ua (in Russian)
  3. ^ У Ковальца в "Оболони" две задачи [Kovalets has two tasks with "Obolon"]. ua-football.com (in Russian). 14 January 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
  4. ^ Obolon part company with Kovalets 31 October 2011, ffu.org.ua
  5. ^ "Сергій Ковалець". sport.ukrinform.ua. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2011.