Unai Melgosa

Unai Melgosa
Personal information
Full name Unai Melgosa Zorrilla
Date of birth (1976-01-11) 11 January 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Managerial career
Years Team
2004–2011 Athletic Bilbao (youth)
2011–2012 Málaga (psychiatrist)
2012–2014 Athletic Bilbao (youth)
2015–2017 Dynamo Kyiv (U19)
2017–2019 Aspire Academy
2019–2021 Ferencváros (assistant)
2021–2023 Al Ain (assistant)
2023 Ukraine (assistant)
2023– Ukraine U21

Unai Melgosa Zorrilla (born 11 January 1976) is a Spanish football manager who is the head coach of the Ukraine U21.

Career

Melgosa, who was born in Bilbao, was hired to local Athletic working with youth as a psychological coach.[1] After 7 years, Melgosa for a season worked as a psychologist for Málaga and later returned to Athletic. In 2014 he left his home team.[2]

From 2015 to 2017, he was the coach of the youth team of Dynamo Kyiv. Among his students were the future main players of the "white and blue" team - Mykola Shaparenko, Oleksandr Tymchyk, and Volodymyr Shepelev.[3]

From 2017 to 2019, he worked at the Aspire Academy in Qatar, and in March 2019 he joined the coaching staff of Serhiy Rebrov in Hungarian Ferencváros.[4] Later, together with Rebrov, he worked in the United Arab Emirates Al Ain FC.

After Serhiy Rebrov headed the Ukraine national team on 7 June 2023, Melgosa joined his staff,[5][6] and already on 25 July, on the initiative of Rebrov, the Spanish specialist became the head coach of the Ukraine U21.[6][7]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 11 December 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ukraine u-21 Ukraine 25 July 2023 Present 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 083.33
Career total 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 083.33

References

  1. ^ Ткач, Олександр (28 June 2015). "Рауль та його команда. Гід з іспанських тренерів "Динамо"". ua.tribuna.com (in Russian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Унаї Мельгоса: біографія, кар'єра, статистика, фото | Dynamomania.com". dynamomania.com (in Russian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Після Євро-2023 молодіжну збірну України очолить іспанський помічник Реброва – ЗМІ". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Помічники Реброва продовжили контракти з чемпіоном Угорщини з футболу". ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 May 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Стали відомі фахівці, що ввійшли до тренерського штабу Сергія Реброва в збірній України". uaf.ua (in Ukrainian). Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Молодіжна збірна України офіційно отримала нового головного тренера". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 25 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Офіційно. Рішення Виконкому Української асоціації футболу". uaf.ua (in Ukrainian). Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.