Mykhaylo Fomenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mykhaylo Fomenko

ukrainian soviet & ukrainian footballer & football coach

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1948

Place of Birth: Mala Ribitsia, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Mykhaylo Fomenko

  • Mykhaylo Fomenko (Ukrainian: ??????? ???????? ???????; born 19 September 1948) is a Ukrainian former association footballer and former head coach of the Ukraine national team.
  • As a player, he was capped 24 times for the Soviet Union, and, as a head coach, became the second ever manager – after Oleh Blokhin – to take Ukraine to an international finals tournament, reaching UEFA Euro 2016. Fomenko was famous for his coaching in Dynamo Kyiv, winning its first Ukrainian gold medals for the club, first Ukrainian Cup for the club and most notably, defeating Barcelona in the very first leg of the Champions League tournament.
  • Barcelona, under Johan Cruyff and with such star players as Ronald Koeman and Pep Guardiola, ended up to be finalist of that UEFA Champions League season.

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