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Oleksandr Vasylyovych Petrakov (Ukrainian: Олександр Васильович Петраков; born 6 August 1957) is a Ukrainian professional football manager, who formerly played as defender. He is currently the manager of the Ukraine national football team.

Oleksandr Petrakov

Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Vasylyovych Petrakov
Date of birth	(1957-08-06) 6 August 1957 (age 65)
Place of birth	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Ukraine (manager)
Youth career
	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1978	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	69	(2)
1978	Bilshovyk Kyiv
1978–1979	SKA Kyiv	13	(0)
1979–1980	Dnipro Cherkasy	41	(0)
1981–1982	Avanhard Rivne	90	(2)
1983–1984	Kolos Nikopol	46	(0)
1986–1990	SKA YGV Budapest
1991	Budivelnyk Ivankiv		(1)
Teams managed
1991–1992	Budivelnyk Ivankiv
1993–1994	Torpedo Zaporizhzhia (assistant)
1996–1998	CSKA-2 Kyiv (assistant)
1998–1999	CSKA-2 Kyiv
2000	Spartak Sumy
2001	Vinnytsia
2001	Vinnytsia (assistant)
2002–2005	Dynamo Kyiv (academy)
2006–2010	RVUFK Kyiv
2011	Ukraine U16
2012	Ukraine U17
2013	Ukraine U18
2014	Ukraine U19
2015	Ukraine U20 / Ukraine U16
2016	Ukraine U17
2017	Ukraine U18
2018	Ukraine U19
2019	Ukraine U20 / Ukraine U16
2020	Ukraine U17
2021	Ukraine U18
2021	Ukraine (interim)
2021–	Ukraine
Honours Men's football Representing  Ukraine (as manager) FIFA U-20 World Cup Winner 2019 U-20 team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Playing career

Born in Kyiv, Petrakov is a product of the local Dynamo Kyiv youth sportive school system. He played for the Soviet third tier sides of Ukrainian group such as Lokomotyv Vinnytsia (1976–1978), SKA Kyiv (1978–1979), Dnipro Cherkasy (1979–1980), Avanhard Rivne (1981–1982), Kolos Nikopol (1983–1984). In 1986 Petrakov went abroad to play for the Soviet Southern Group of Forces team in Budapest, Hungary (1986–1990). In 1978 and 1991 he played for couple of amateur clubs like Bilshovyk Kyiv and Budivelnyk Ivankiv (near Chernobyl).

Coaching career

In his coaching career were included: amateur side Budivelnyk Ivankiv (1991–1993, head coach), top tier Torpedo Zaporizhzhia (1993–1994, assistant coach), several second tier clubs like CSKA-2 Kyiv (1996–1998, assistant coach; 1998–1999, head coach), Spartak Sumy (2000–2001, head coach), FC Vinnytsia (2001, head coach), Dynamo Kyiv academy (2001–2005), amateur RVUFC Kyiv (2006–2010), different youth national teams of Ukraine (2010–2021),[1] winning the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup when his side defeated South Korea 3–1 in the final.[2][3] He was leading national team sides of 1996 years of birth, 1999 and 2003.

Petrakov from March 2014 possess UEFA Pro Licence.[4]

On 17 August 2021 Petrakov was appointed as an acting coach of the Ukraine national football team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying cycle.[5]

Coaching statistics

Managerial statistics

As of 27 September 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Ukraine (interim)	18 August 2021	16 November 2021	7	2	5	0	028.6
Ukraine	17 November 2021	Present	8	4	2	2	050.0

Personal life

Petrakov is married to Irina.[6] The couple have a daughter, Viktoria, and a son, Yevhen.[6]

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Petrakov and his wife refused to flee besieged Kyiv.[6] Petrakov tried to sign up to Ukraine’s territorial defence forces, but his lack of military experience prevented this.[6] According to Petrakov: “I am 64 but I felt it was normal to do this. I think I could take two or three enemies out.”[6]

Honours

Manager

Ukraine U20

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2019[7]

References

External links

• Profile at Soccerway
• Profile at FFU Official Site (Ukr)

На других языках

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- [en] Oleksandr Petrakov

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[it] Oleksandr Petrakov

Oleksandr Vasyl'ovyč Petrakov (in ucraino: Олександр Васильович Петраков?Oleksandr Vasylyovych Petrakov; Kiev, 6 agosto 1957) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore ucraino, di ruolo difensore, commissario tecnico della nazionale ucraina.

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[ru] Петраков, Александр Васильевич

Александр Васильевич Петраков (укр. Олександр Васильович Петраков, 6 августа 1957, Киев, Украинская ССР, СССР) — советский футболист и украинский тренер, выступал на позиции защитника. Заслуженный тренер Украины (2009). Заслуженный работник физической культуры и спорта Украины (2019)[1]. С 17 ноября 2021 года — главный тренер сборной Украины.

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