Oleksandr Shovkovskyi has been appointed acting head coach of FC Dynamo Kyiv, and will prepare the team for the next matches in the Ukrainian championship.
According to Dynamo’s press service, Emil Karas, Oleh Husyev, and Mykhailo Mykhailov will also work on Shovkovsky’s coaching staff.
Shovkovskyi made his debut with Dynamo Kyiv in March 1994 and became the champion of Ukraine and the team’s main goalkeeper. In October 2016, he received his coaching license, but on December 12, 2016, he announced his retirement. On September 4, 2018, he became an assistant to the head coach of the Ukrainian national team, Andriy Shevchenko. 1
On January 10, 2023, Shovkovskyi returned to Dynamo as an assistant head coach. In April 2023, he was appointed acting head coach of the team, for the period of recovery after Mircea Lucescu’s surgery.
As reported, on November 3, Mircea Lucescu resigned as head coach of Dynamo Kyiv and announced his retirement at a press conference after the match against Shakhtar Donetsk.
Romanian specialist Mircea Lucescu has become the new head coach of the football club Dynamo (Kiev), the club’s official website reported on Thursday.
He has taken office of the coach of the capital team, which became vacant after the dismissal of the previous head coach of Dynamo Oleksiy Mykhailychenko and his coaching staff on July 20.