Mykola Pavlov

Ukrainian former footballer and manager

Mykola Pavlov
Personal information
Full name Mykola Petrovych Pavlov
Date of birth (1954-06-20) 20 June 1954 (age 69)
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

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.

Education

  • Dnipropetrovsk Institute of Physical Culture
  • Higher School of Coaches (Moscow) (1986–87)

Playing career

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

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

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

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 −3 000.00

Honours

Player

Coach

Orders and special awards

  • Knight of the Order "For merits": 2009[2]

References

  1. ^ Mykola Pavlov ended his coaching career (Николай Павлов завершил тренерскую карьеру). sport.ua. 2 February 2017
  2. ^ (in Ukrainian) Order of President of Ukraine № 729/2009 Archived 23 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine

External links

  • RussiaTeam biography (in Russian)
  • Brief biography (in Russian)
  • Profile on Odesa Football (in Russian)
  • Mykola Pavlov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
Mykola Pavlov – managerial positions
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SC Tavriya Simferopolmanagers
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FC Krystal Khersonmanagers
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FC Dnipromanagers
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Ukraine national football teammanagers
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FC Dynamo Kyivmanagers
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FC Mariupolmanagers
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FC Stal Alchevskmanagers
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FC Vorskla Poltavamanagers
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