Valeriy Lobanovskyi

Ukrainian football manager (1939–2002)

Valeriy Lobanovskyi (6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was a Ukrainian football player turned manager. He played for Soviet Union national team. He died after a stroke and brain surgery.

Valeriy Lobanovskyi
Lobanovskyi in 1985
Personal information
Full nameValeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi
Date of birth(1939-01-06)6 January 1939[1]
Place of birthKyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)[1]
Date of death13 May 2002(2002-05-13) (aged 63)[1]
Place of deathZaporizhzhia, Ukraine[1]
Height1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s)Forward
Youth career
1952–1955Football School No. 1
1955–1956Football School of Youth (FShM)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1957–1964Dynamo Kyiv144(42)
1965–1966Chornomorets Odesa59(15)
1967–1968Shakhtar Donetsk50(14)
Total253(71)
National team
1960–1961Soviet Union2(0)
Teams managed
1969–1973Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
1973–1982Dynamo Kyiv
1975–1976Soviet Union
1979Ukrainian SSR
1982–1983Soviet Union
1984–1990Dynamo Kyiv
1986–1990Soviet Union
1990–1993United Arab Emirates
1994–1996Kuwait
1997–2002Dynamo Kyiv
2000–2001Ukraine
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Soviet Union (as manager)
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up1988
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

As a player

[2]

Club statisticsLeague
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoals
Soviet UnionLeague
1959Dynamo KyivTop League104
19603013
19612810
1962308
1963388
196490
1965Chornomorets OdesaTop League2810
1966315
1967Shakhtar DonetskTop League329
1968185
CountrySoviet Union25472
Total25472

As a manager

As of 26 February 2024.
TeamNationFromToRecord[3]
GWDLFAGDWin %
FC Dnipro  Soviet Union31 October 196819 October 19732061045151305191+11450.49
FC Dynamo Kiev  Soviet Union20 October 197312 October 198240623011264652294+35556.65
Soviet Union  Soviet Union1 April 197531 July 19761911443318+1557.89
Soviet Union  Soviet Union12 October 198214 November 198310631186+1260
FC Dynamo Kiev  Soviet Union1 January 198430 September 19902691358351451238+21150.56
Soviet Union  Soviet Union19861987179623111+2052.94
Soviet Union  Soviet Union198819903116694229+1351.61
UAE  United Arab Emirates1 October 199031 December 1992197852019+1136.84
Kuwait  Kuwait1 July 199431 December 1996411711136449+1541.46
FC Dynamo Kiev  Ukraine1 January 199713 May 20022711904732629195+43670.11
Ukraine  Ukraine2 March 200015 November 2001186752020033.33
Total1,3077413442332,2751,060+1,21556.22

Honours

Lobanovskyi on a 2019 stamp of Ukraine

Player

Dynamo Kyiv

  • Soviet Top League (1): 1961
  • Soviet Cup (1): 1964

Manager

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

  • Soviet First League (1): 1971

Dynamo Kyiv

Soviet Union

Ukrainian SSR

  • Spartakiad of Peoples Bronze Medal: 1979

United Arab Emirates

Kuwait

Individual

  • Ukrainian Manager of the Season (5 times): 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02 (posthumously)
  • Greatest Manager of All Time – one of 5 managers[4] ranked top 10 by France Football, World Soccer and ESPN
  • Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 1962, 1963, 1964

Orders and further honours

References