Oleksandr Zavarov

Oleksandr Zavarov

Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov
Date of birth	(1961-04-26) 26 April 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dynamo Kyiv (scout)
Youth career
1968–1977	Zorya Luhansk
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1979	Zorya Luhansk	23	(7)
1980–1981	SKA Rostov	64	(13)
1982–1983	Zorya Luhansk	30	(10)
1983–1988	Dynamo Kyiv	136	(36)
1988–1990	Juventus	60	(7)
1990–1995	Nancy	133	(23)
1995–1998	Saint-Dizier	?	(17)
International career
1979	USSR youth	3	(1)
1981	USSR under-21	2	(0)
1985–1990	USSR	41	(6)
Managerial career
1995–2003	Saint Dizier CO
2003–2004	FC Wil
2004	FC Astana-1964
2005	FC Metalist Kharkiv
2006–2010	FC Arsenal Kyiv
2012	Ukraine (caretaker)
2013–2016	Ukraine (assistant)
2018–	Dynamo Kyiv (scout)
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union FIFA World Youth Championship Runner-up 1979 Japan Representing  Soviet Union UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1988 West Germany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov (Ukrainian: Олександр Анатолійович Заваров; born 26 April 1961) is a Ukrainian former footballer and the former head coach of FC Arsenal Kyiv. He became first among Soviets footballers who got transferred to West European world class club when he was picked by Juventus to replace the outgoing Michel Platini.^[1][2]

In 1986, he was named the best footballer in the USSR and Ukraine and the 6th best footballer in Europe according to France Football. Zavarov is widely regarded to be among the greatest footballers in the history of the USSR and Ukraine, and in 2000 he was included in the Ukrainian Team of The Century according to a poll by the Ukrainsky Futbol weekly.