Miron Markevich, whose biography and coaching achievements are presented in this article, is one of the most famous Ukrainian football coaches and functionaries. Teams under his leadership have repeatedly won prizes in the Premier League, and have also successfully performed in European competitions.
Biographical data
Markevich Miron Bogdanovich was born in 1951 in the small town of Vinniki, located in the Lviv region. The first coach was his own father - Bogdan Markevich. Career as a player was short-lived: from 1970 to 1977, the future coach played for the understudies of Lviv “Carpathians”, as well as for SKA, “Spartak” (Ordzhonikidze) and Lutsk “Torpedo”.
After the end of his playing career, Miron Markevich was not going to part with football. Having received the necessary education at the Lviv Institute of Physical Culture and at the Higher School of Trainers, in 1983 he began to work as a mentor for young athletes.
Coaching career
Having started his coaching career at FC Volyn (Lutsk), Miron Markevich managed to work with two other Ukrainian teams for nine years - Podillya (Khmelnitsky) and Krivbass (Kryvyi Rih).
In 1992, he became the head coach of his native club Karpaty (Lviv). Here he works for four seasons. Despite the stable game of the Lviv team, after the end of the 1995/1996 season he was fired due to the lack of significant progress.
After working for a year again in the “Podillia” and “Krivbass”, Miron Markevich again received an invitation to become a coach of the “Carpathians”. In his own club, the mentor worked with a two-year break until 2002.
At this time, the life of Miron Markevich can not be called easy and carefree. First, he is very difficult to endure the death of his father, then makes an unsuccessful attempt to gain a foothold in the role of head coach of the Makhachkala “Anji”, and then generally becomes a victim of kidnapping for ransom. But, fortunately, everything worked out well, and Miron Markevich began his career practically from scratch.
After working again for two years in the “Carpathians”, the coach accepted the invitation to become a mentor in Kharkov “Metalist”. It was here that the talent of Miron Markevich was revealed.
For 10 years, from a mediocre team, Metalist has become one of the grandees of Ukrainian football. This club was respected and feared by rivals not only in the domestic championship, but also in European competitions. The 2012/2013 season was triumphant, when the Kharkov team managed to intervene in the dispute between Dynamo and Shakhtar for leadership and sensationally took the final second place.
After the change of ownership of Metallist, Miron Markevich moved to Dnipropetrovsk. Here he continued to achieve excellent results with the new team. In addition to third place in the Championship of Ukraine, Dnipro managed to reach the final match of the Europa League, where in a bitter struggle, lost to the more eminent Sevilla. Despite the defeat, Markevich became the first coach in the history of independent Ukraine to lead the team to the European Cup final.
Unfortunately, due to financial problems and a conflict with the owner of Dnipro, Miron Bogdanovich resigned. Now he holds the post of head of the Committee of National Teams at the Football Federation of Ukraine.
Invincible coach of the national team of Ukraine
In 2010, Miron Markevich received a proposal to head the national team of Ukraine, combining this position with work in the Metalworker. But, after 9 points were scored from his club for a “contractual match”, the coach resigned as a national team coach.
In addition to the record number of domestic championship matches held as a coach, Miron Markevich is still the only undefeated coach of the Ukrainian team. Under his leadership, the main team won three matches and once parted with their rivals in peace.