Myron Markevych


Myron Bohdanovych Markevych is a Ukrainian 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. He holds the record for coaching the most matches in the Ukrainian Premier League.
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, 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 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.

Honours

Manager

Karpaty Lviv
Metalist Kharkiv
  • Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2013; third place 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Individual