Mykola Pavlov
Mykola Petrovych Pavlov (Ukrainian: Микола Петрович Павлов) (Russian: Николай Петрович Павлов; born 20 June 1954) is a Ukrainian former football defender and manager. He is Merited Master of Sports of the USSR (1983) and Merited Coach of Ukraine.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mykola Petrovych Pavlov | ||
| Date of birth | 20 June 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1967–1972 | Vostok Kyiv | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1975 | Bug Brest | 80 | (6) |
| 1976–1978 | Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev | 62 | (1) |
| 1979–1981 | Dinamo Minsk | 91 | (1) |
| 1982 | Chornomorets Odesa | 24 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 52 | (4) |
| Total | 309 | (12) | |
| International career | |||
| 1984 | USSR | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1985 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (assistant) | ||
| 1988 | Kolos Nikopol | ||
| 1989–1990 | Tavriya Simferopol | ||
| 1990 | Krystal Kherson | ||
| 1991 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (assistant) | ||
| 1992–1994 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ||
| 1992 | Ukraine (caretaker) | ||
| 1994 | Ukraine (caretaker) | ||
| 1995 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| 1995–1996 | Dynamo Kyiv (administrator) | ||
| 1996–1997 | Tavriya Simferopol | ||
| 1997–2004 | Illichivets Mariupol | ||
| 2006 | Stal Alchevsk | ||
| 2007–2012 | Vorskla Poltava | ||
| 2012–2015 | Illychivets Mariupol | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Education edit
- Dnipropetrovsk Institute of Physical Culture
- Higher School of Coaches (Moscow) (1986–87)
Playing career edit
Pavlov began his playing career in 1972, playing for "Spartak Brest", (later renamed "Bug Brest", now FC Dinamo Brest) in the Belarusian SSR. The club played in the old Soviet Second League. After three years there he moved to Krylia Sovetov, a club in the Soviet Top League. Four seasons and three years later, in 1979 he moved back to Belarusian SSR to play for their best team in the Soviet Top League, Dinamo Minsk. Another 3 years later, in 1982 he was on the move again, this time back to Ukraine to play in Odesa for Chernomorets Odesa. The following season he moved to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. His two seasons there were the most successful of his career. He became the USSR champion in 1983, and won the bronze medal the following year (1984).
International career edit
Pavlov was capped once for the USSR. He played in a 2–1 friendly loss against West Germany, on 28 March 1984 in Hanover.
Coaching career edit
In 1988 Pavlov took up the head-coach position of Kolos Nikopol. During the 1990s he coached Tavriya Simferopol, Krystal Kherson, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. While coach of Dnipro he was brought on to be the caretaker head-coach of the Ukraine national football team. In the 1995–96 season Pavlov was coach of Dynamo Kyiv, leading them to a Ukrainian League title. Following Dynamo he has coached other Ukrainian clubs, including a return to Tavriya Simferopol, then at FC Illychivets Mariupol (7 years there), and FC Stal Alchevsk. In the winter of 2007 he was brought in as head-coach at FC Vorskla Poltava. In his first season with the team he led them to an 8th-place finish, and into the quarter-finals of Ukrainian Cup.
On 2 February 2017 Pavlov announced that he retired from coaching career.[1]
Managerial statistics edit
- As of 27 September 2013.
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Ukraine | 28 October 1992 | 13 September 1994 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0.00 |
Honours edit
Player edit
Coach edit
Orders and special awards edit
References edit
- ^ Mykola Pavlov ended his coaching career (Николай Павлов завершил тренерскую карьеру). sport.ua. 2 February 2017
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Order of President of Ukraine № 729/2009 23 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
External links edit
- RussiaTeam biography (in Russian)
- Brief biography (in Russian)
- Profile on Odesa Football (in Russian)
- Mykola Pavlov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)