Myron Markevych

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

He has worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League and for the Ukraine national team.

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

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.

Markevych was appointed head coach of the Ukraine national team in early February 2010, but left six months later, 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. Ultimately, the FFU accepted his resignation and appointed Yuriy Kalitvintsev as caretaker manager.

In June 2023, Markevych returned for the fifth time to Karpaty Lviv, but resigned a year later.

Personal life Markevych is of Polish descent by maternal grandfather. He is fluent in English and Polish. He is married and is the father of two sons, Ostap Markevych and Yuriy Markevych.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNatFromToRecordGWDLWin % Torpedo Lutsk 1984 1987 Podillia Khmelnytskyi 1988 31 May 1989 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1990 30 April 1990 Volyn Lutsk 1991 June 1992 Karpaty July 1992 June 1995 Podillia 18 August 1995 25 September 1995 Kryvbas March 1996 June 1996 Karpaty Lviv July 1996 December 1998 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia March 1999 May 2001 Karpaty Lviv July 2001 March 2002 Anzhi Makhachkala June 2002 August 2002 Karpaty Lviv August 2003 June 2004 Metalist Kharkiv July 2005 February 2014 Ukraine 30 January 2010 21 August 2010 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 26 May 2014 30 June 2016 Karpaty Lviv 1 June 2023 18 July 2024Total

Honours

Manager Karpaty Lviv Ukrainian Premier League third place: 1998 Ukrainian Cup runner-up: 1992–93, 1998–99

Metalist Kharkiv Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2012–13; third place: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League third place: 2014–15

Individual Top 50 Best Football Managers in the World according to FourFourTwo: 2015