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Ihor Dybchenko
Ukrainian footballer and coach (1960–2022)
Ihor Dybchenko (Ukrainian: Ігор Васильович Дибченко; 15 July 1960 – 11 April 2022) was a Ukrainian professional football player and coach who played as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ihor Vasyliovych Dybchenko | ||
| Date of birth | (1960-07-15)15 July 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | Stalino, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | ||
| Date of death | 11 April 2022(2022-04-11) (aged 61) | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 197?–1978 | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1986 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | (4) |
| 1986 | Tavriya Simferopol | 8 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 89 | (8) |
| 1989–1990 | Shakhtar Snizhne (amateurs) | ? | (?) |
| 1990 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 35 | (0) |
| 1991 | Harant Donetsk (amateurs) | ? | (?) |
| 1992 | Kanatnyk Khartsyzk | 12 | (2) |
| 1992–1995 | Pivdenstal Yenakiieve | 51 | (6) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2005 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2006 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Donetsk, Dybchenko was a product of the local Shakhtar Donetsk youth sportive school system. On 23 July 1981, he made a professional debut for his club in the match against Dnipro Dniproperovsk.
His football career also included other Ukrainian clubs, mainly from Donbas region.
After retirement from playing career, Dybchenko was appointed president of Shakhtar's women's team (1994–1996).[1] He also worked as a coach (1996–2000) and coached Shakhtar-2 and Shakhtar-3. For more than ten years he headed the selection service at the main club of Shakhtar Donetsk.[2]
Shakhtar Donetsk
- Soviet Football Cup 1983; runner-up 1984–85, 1985–86
- Шахтар скорбує (in Ukrainian). Official FC Shakhtar Donetsk website. 13 April 2022.
- Помер екс-гравець і тренер Шахтаря (in Ukrainian). football24.ua. 11 April 2022.
- Ihor Dybchenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Ihor Dybchenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)