Oleksandr Zozulia (footballer, born 1960)

Oleksandr Zozulia (Ukrainian: Олександр Андрійович Зозуля; born 7 March 1960) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is current coach of a Second League club Kremin-2 Kremenchuk.

Oleksandr Zozulia
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Andriiovych Zozulia
Date of birth (1960-03-07) 7 March 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Khrustalnyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Kremin-2 Kremenchuk (coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977 Zaria Voroshilovgrad
1978 Sever Murmansk 11 (0)
1981 Sokil Rovenky 19 (4)
1982 Stakhanov 35 (6)
1983 Atlantyka Sevastopol 34 (0)
1985 Kolos Pavlohrad 25 (7)
1986 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 6 (0)
1986 Luch Krasnyi Luch
1986 Nistru Chisinau 18 (0)
1987 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 27 (0)
1988 Baltika Kaliningrad 25 (7)
1990 Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch 23 (14)
1992 Hirnyk Hirne 3 (0)
1992–1994 Koral Krasnyi Luch 16 (0)
1995–1996 Vodeiar Kremenchuk (futsal) 2 (0)
1995 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 1 (0)
1996–1997 Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch 16 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

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Oleksandr Zozulia was born on 7 March 1960 in Khrustalnyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.[1]

Playing career

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Zozulia played for Stakhanov in 1982, Atlantyka Sevastopol in 1983, Kolos Pavlohrad in 1985, Nistru Chișinău in 1986, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv in 1987 and others.[1] In 1996 he won Luhansk Oblast Championship while playing for Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch.[2]

Coaching career

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Zozulia coached with Atlank Kremenchuk, Kremin Academy and Dnipro Academy.[1]

Kremenchuk Academy

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When Kremin Kremenchuk was formed again on 23 October 2003, Zozulia became one of the academy coaches. He began training group of players born in 1992.[3] Andriy Batsula[4] and Artem Kozlov[5] were first players who Zozulia trained.

By May 2017 he returned to Kremin Academy.[6] There he began coaching Academy group Kremin 2006. He continued to coach them until 2022. With Russian invasion of Ukraine some of his players moved to academies in Poland and Slovakia while others who remained in the academy began training with and playing for Kremin Kremenchuk.[7] In October 2021 Zozulia began working with a new group of players born in 2016.

Dnipro

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Zozulia joined Dnipro Academy in 2010 and was in charge of the U15 team.[1]

Kremin-2

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Zozulia began working with Kremin-2 Kremenchuk in mid January 2023.[8] On 15 February 2023 Kremin owner appointed Yaroslav Zdyrko to become a manager of the team, Zozulia remained an assistant coach with the team. Most of the players came from the Kremin Academy and were coached by Zozulia from early age.[9]

Honours

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Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch

  • Luhansk Oblast Championship: 1996

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Александр Андреевич Зозуля" [Oleksandr Andriiovych Zozulia]. dp.vgorode.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Чемпионат Луганской области 1996 года" [1996 Luhansk Oblast Championship]. football.lg.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  3. ^ ""МФК «Кремінь" святкує 20-річний ювілей" ["Kremin" MFC is celebrating its 20th anniversary]. kg.ua (in Ukrainian). 23 October 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  4. ^ Valerko, Artur (19 February 2013). "Бацула: "Когда начали играть, как одна команда, нам все удалось"" [Batsula: "When we started playing as one team, we managed everything"]. football.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Артем Козлов: "У мене була навіть футбольна образа на воротаря суперника"" [Artem Kozlov: "I even had a football grudge against the opponent's goalkeeper"]. footboom1.com (in Ukrainian). 9 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Юные кременчугские футболисты вышли в финал "Кожаного мяча"" [Young Kremenchuk football players reached the final of the "Leather Ball"]. kremenchug.pl.ua (in Ukrainian). 11 May 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  7. ^ Dushenko, Aliona (26 May 2022). ""Тренування за кордоном добре, але атмосфера вдома краща": тренер Зозуля" ["Training abroad is good, but the atmosphere at home is better": coach Zozulia]. telegraf.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  8. ^ Dushenko, Aliona (23 January 2023). ""Кремінь-2" з новим тренером розписує "мирову" з молоддю "Олександрії"" [Kremin-2" with a new coach signs a "peace" with the youth of "Oleksandriia]. telegraf.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  9. ^ Dushenko, Aliona (15 February 2023). ""Кремінь-2" отримав нового головного тренера Ярослава Здирка" ["Kremin-2" received a new head coach Yaroslav Zdyrko]. telegraf.in.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 15 November 2023.
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