18 Facts About Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko

Oleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional player.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko is a Distinguished Master of Sports of the USSR and a Distinguished Coach of Ukraine.

Also noted for his technique, Mykhaylychenko usually played as attacking midfielder.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko currently holds an administrative position at his home club, Dynamo Kyiv, as director of sport.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko's name is commonly romanised as Alexei Mikhailichenko from the Russian spelling of his name.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko then became a coach, starting with assistant coach to Dynamo Kyiv's legendary Valeriy Lobanovsky.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko was head coach of the Ukraine national football team senior side for two years after that.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko began his football career in the youth system of Dynamo Kyiv, under the guidance of Anatoliy Byshovets.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1981, and went on to have a great career with Dynamo, winning four championships and three runner-up medals.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko was awarded the Soviet Footballer of the Year award in 1988, as well as two Ukrainian Footballer of the Year awards in 1987 and 1988.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko's first season at Ibrox was undoubtedly his most successful, as they completed the double of the Premier Division title and Scottish Cup and Mykhaylychenko was a regular in the side with 10 goals from 27 league games.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko featured in 29 league games as Rangers won a domestic treble a year later, but managed just five goals.

At national level, in 1983 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko took part in the 'Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR' in the team of Ukrainian Republic team.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko was capped 36 times for the USSR.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and was part of the silver medal-winning Soviet squad at Euro 1988, but injury deprived him of a place in the FIFA World Cup 1990 squad and he was sorely missed as the Soviets crashed out in the first round.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko played at the Euro 1992 championship with the CIS and afterwards played twice for Ukraine, making his debut on 28 October 1992 against Belarus, aged 29.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko took over again as head coach of Dynamo Kyiv in August 2019.

Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko was released from his duties on 20 July 2020, after winning the Ukrainian Cup and reaching second place in the championship.