Anatoliy Volobuyev
{{Short description|Ukrainian footballer (born 1953)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Anatoliy Volobuyev
| full_name = Anatoliy Ivanovych Volobuyev
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|6|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Voroshylovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
| height =
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1969
| youthclubs1 = Komunarets Komunarsk
| years1 = 1970
| clubs1 = Komunarets Komunarsk
| caps1 = 18
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1971
| clubs2 = Shakhtar Kadiivka
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 1972
| clubs3 = Horyn Rivne
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 1973
| clubs4 = Shakhtar Kadiivka
| caps4 = 5
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1973–1975
| clubs5 = SKA Kyiv
| years6 = 1976–1979
| clubs6 = Kolos Mezhyrich
| years7 = 1980–1981
| clubs7 = Mziuri Gali
| years8 = 1981–1982
| clubs8 = Dinamo Zugdidi
| manageryears1 = 1985–1988 | managerclubs1 = Budivelnyk Komunarsk
| manageryears2 = 1989–1998 | managerclubs2 = Stal Alchevsk
| manageryears3 = 2002–2006 | managerclubs3 = Stal Alchevsk
| manageryears4 = 2007 | managerclubs4 = Zorya Luhansk (vice-president)
| manageryears5 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs5 = Zorya Luhansk
| manageryears6 = 2009–2013 | managerclubs6 = Stal Alchevsk
}}
Anatoliy Ivanovych Volobuyev ({{langx|uk|Анатолій Іванович Волобуєв}}; born 16 June 1953) is a Ukrainian former football player, and a head-coach of couple Ukrainian teams in the Premier and First leagues. He holds a record for the most games managed a club in Persha Liha (Ukrainian First League).{{Cite web |url=https://pfl.ua/news/470 |title=Ігор Жабченко наздогнав Миколу Федоренка |website=pfl.ua |access-date=25 December 2023 |archive-date=25 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225201908/https://pfl.ua/news/470 |url-status=live}}
Playing career
Volobyuev started to play football back in 1964. His first coach was Mykola Haribov. His playing career began in 1969 when he was training with the main city team (Kommunarets). It was until the next year when he was actively involved in the team playing for it in Class B (Soviet Second League) competitions. In 1971 when Class B was phasing away, Volobuyev moved to Shakhtar Kadiyivka. His military obligation, he served by playing in SKA Kiev in 1973–1975.
In 1976 Volobuyev joined the newly formed football team Kolos Mezhyrich (near Pavlohrad) which represented the local collective farm named after the 22nd Party Congress. After few seasons he moved to the Georgian SSR where he played for teams from western Georgia. In 1983 at age of 30, Volobuyev was forced to retire due to his injury of meniscus.
Coaching career
Soon after his retirement Volobuyev became physical fitness (physical culture) instructor at the "Kommunarskstroy" (a Soviet "trust" company).{{cite web |url=http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3835:volobuevai&catid=25:trainerall&directory=65 |title=Dossier |publisher=на сайте football.lg.ua |date= |lang=ru |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501061832/http://football.lg.ua/index.php?option=com_content |archivedate=1 May 2021}} In 1983, in Alchevsk (at that time Kommunarsk) was created second football team (after Kommunarets) Budivelnyk (Stroitel).{{cite web |url=http://fcstal.lg.ua/History.php |title=«СТАЛЬ» АЛЧЕВСК – ИСТОРИЯ КЛУБА |publisher=fcstal.lg.ua |access-date=25 December 2023 |lang=ru |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225214245/http://fcstal.lg.ua/History.php |archivedate=25 December 2023}} In 1986 Volobuyev graduated the University of Luhansk as a teacher of physical fitness. In 1989 the original factory team Kommunarets of Alchevsk Metallurgical Complex was disbanded and the factory adopted Stroitel which changed its name to Stal. For most of his career, Volobuyev was involved with Stal Alchevsk from 1988.{{cite web|url=http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4af6c817.html|title=Анатолий Волобуев – главный тренер "Стали" (Anatolij Volobuyev – head trainer "Stal'") |date=8 November 2009|accessdate=9 November 2009|work=ua-football.com| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091111030153/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4af6c817.html| archivedate= 11 November 2009 | url-status= live|language=ru}} He led the team from city competitions to a professional football club which reached the Ukrainian Premier League.
Before spending a season as manager of Zorya Luhansk in the Ukrainian Premier League Volobuyev held the position of Vice-President of the Professional Football League of Ukraine in 2005.
He was hired back as head coach of Stal Alchevsk in November 2009.
Political career
In 2010 Volobuyev was elected to the Luhansk Oblast Council (from the Alchevsk electoral district).
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090316135948/http://zarya-lugansk.com/coaches/coach/?id=1 Profile at Zorya web-site] {{in lang|ru}}
- {{footballfacts.ru|20445}}
{{FC Stal Alchevsk managers}}
{{FC Zorya Luhansk managers}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Alchevsk
Category:University of Luhansk alumni
Category:Soviet men's footballers
Category:Footballers from Luhansk Oblast
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:FC Kosmos Pavlohrad players
Category:NK Veres Rivne players
Category:FC Stal Alchevsk players
Category:Dinamo Zugdidi players
Category:Soviet football managers
Category:Ukrainian football managers
Category:Ukrainian Premier League managers
Category:Ukrainian First League managers
Category:FC Stal Alchevsk managers