Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko
Date of birth	(1963-03-30) 30 March 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dynamo Kyiv (sportive director)
Youth career
1973–1981	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1990	Dynamo Kyiv	137	(39)
1990–1991	Sampdoria	24	(3)
1991–1996	Rangers	110	(20)
Total		271	(62)
International career
1986–1988	USSR (Olympic)	14	(7)
1987–1991[1]	USSR	36	(9)
1992[1]	CIS	5	(0)
1992–1994[1]	Ukraine	2	(0)
Managerial career
2002–2004	Dynamo Kyiv
2004–2008	Ukraine U21
2008–2009	Ukraine
2011–2013	Dynamo Kyiv (sporting director)
2012–2013	Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
2013–2019	Dynamo Kyiv (sporting director)
2019–2020	Dynamo Kyiv
2020–2021	Dynamo Kyiv (sporting director)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Soviet Union UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1988 West Germany Summer Olympics 1988 Seoul Team Representing  Ukraine (as manager) UEFA European Under-21 Championship Runner-up 2006 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko (Ukrainian: Олексій Олександрович Михайличенко; born 30 March 1963) is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional player. He is a Distinguished Master of Sports of the USSR and a Distinguished Coach of Ukraine. During his playing days he was a versatile midfielder known for his stamina and passing capability. Also noted for his technique, Mykhaylychenko usually played as attacking midfielder.

Mykhaylychenko currently holds an administrative position at his home club, Dynamo Kyiv, as director of sport. His name is commonly romanised as Alexei Mikhailichenko from the Russian spelling of his name (Алексей Александрович Михайличенко).

Mykhaylychenko played for Dynamo Kyiv, Sampdoria and Rangers. He then became a coach, starting with assistant coach to Dynamo Kyiv's legendary Valeriy Lobanovsky. Following the death of Lobanovsky, Mykhaylychenko replaced him as head coach. In 2004, he took charge of the Ukraine's national under-21 team. He was head coach of the Ukraine national football team senior side for two years after that.^[2]