Yuriy Ovcharov
{{short description|Soviet footballer and Ukrainian coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Yuriy Ovcharov
| image = Юрій Овчаров (cropped).jpg
| full_name = Ovcharov Yuriy Mykolayovych
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1966|03|19}}
| birth_place = Kirovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
| height = 1.84 m
| position = Goalkeeper
| years1 = 1984–1988 | clubs1 = Desna Chernihiv | caps1 = 72 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1988–1990 | clubs2 = Kosonsoy | caps2 = 50 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1991–1993 | clubs3 = Desna Chernihiv | caps3 = 51 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1993–1995 | clubs4 = Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | caps4 = 46 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1995–1996 | clubs5 = Stal Alchevsk | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1996–1997 | clubs6 = Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | caps6 = 5 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 1997–1999 | clubs7 = Desna Chernihiv | caps7 = 72 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 1999–2000 | clubs8 = Polissya Zhytomyr | caps8 = 11 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2001–2003 | clubs9 = Desna Chernihiv | caps9 = 3 | goals9 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2003–2010
| managerclubs1 = Desna Chernihiv (goalkeeping coach)
| manageryears2 = 2009
| managerclubs2 = Desna Chernihiv (caretaker)
| manageryears3 = 2010–2011
| managerclubs3 = Lviv (goalkeeping coach)
| manageryears4 = 2011
| managerclubs4 = Bukovyna (goalkeeping coach)
| manageryears5 = 2012–2022
| managerclubs5 = Desna Chernihiv (goalkeeping coach)
| manageryears6 = 2022–2024
| managerclubs6 = Kudrivka (goalkeeping coach)
}}
Yuriy Ovcharov ({{langx|uk|Ovcharov Yuriy Mykolayovych}}; born 19 March 1966) is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian football player.{{cite web |title=Овчаров Юрий Николаевич |url=https://footballfacts.ru/person/27694-ovcharovyuriynikolaevich |website=www.footballfacts.ru |access-date=19 March 2021}}
Playing career
A pupil of Luhansk football. From 1984 to 1988 he played for Desna Chernihiv in the Ukrainian Second League.{{cite web |title=Юрий Овчаров |url=http://www.allplayers.in.ua/ru/player/1727 |website=www.allplayers.in.ua |access-date=19 March 2021}} In 1989 he moved to Kosonsoy, where he became a silver medalist of the second league in 1990 (zone 9). In 1991 he returned to Desna Chernihiv. The first match in the championship of Ukraine was played on 3 May 1992 in the 13th round of the Ukrainian First League against Sumy "Motorist" (2–1 loss). In the fall of 1993 he played for Polissya Zhytomyr.
In 1994 he became a player of Stal Alchevsk. For two seasons as a member of the Kirovograd team he won a bronze medal of the Ukrainian Second League (1993–94) and a gold medal of the first league (1994–95). He spent the 1995–96 season at Alchevsk Steel, which took third place in the Ukrainian First League. In 1996 he returned to Zirka Kropyvnytskyi. He made his debut in the major leagues on 15 September 1996 in a match against Dnipro (4–0 loss).
In 1997 he returned to Chernihiv. In 14 games of the 1996–97 championship, in which Desna Chernihiv took first place in Group "A" of the Ukrainian Second League, missed 1 goal. In 1999 he played for Polissya Zhytomyr, in 2002–2003 he was a player for Desna.{{cite web |title=Овчаров Юрій Миколайович |url=https://fcdesna.com.ua/Trenerskij/ovcharov/ |website=www.fcdesna.com.ua |access-date=19 March 2021}}
Coaching career
After the end of the player's career in 2003, he got a position in the coaching staff of Desna Chernihiv. In 2008 he was included in the team's application for the position of goalkeeper. In the summer of 2009, during 6 rounds of the Ukrainian championship, he acted as head coach due to the fact that Desna Chernihiv did not sign a contract with Oleksandr Ryabokon. According to the results of the 2009–10 season, "Desna" took 8th place in the Ukrainian First League, but was excluded from the PFL.{{cite news|url=http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4c1f7205.html |title=Состоялось заседание Центрального Совета ПФЛ (Meeting of the Professional Football League)|date=21 June 2010|publisher=ua.football|access-date=21 June 2009|language=ru}} Yuriy Ovcharov together with head coach Oleksandr Ryabokon transferred to Lviv.{{cite web |title=Рябоконь очолив ФК "Львів" |url=https://champion.com.ua/football/2010/06/24/315681/ |website=www.champion.com.ua |access-date=19 March 2021}} From 2011 he worked as a coach of Bukovyna goalkeepers.{{cite web |title=Воротарів "Буковини" тренуватиме Юрій Овчаров |url=https://bukinfo.com.ua/show/news?lid=13951 |website=www.bukinfo.com.ua |access-date=19 March 2021}}{{cite web |title=Юрій Овчаров: "Думається, що перемога нам була потрібна більше" |url=http://bukinfo.com.ua/print?lid=20744 |website=www.bukinfo.com.ua |access-date=19 March 2021}} In the summer of 2012 he returned to Desna Chernihiv.{{cite web |title=Вадим Заяць: "Доводиться збирати оновлену "Буковину" |url=https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/1342013630-vadim-zayac-dovoditsya-zbirati-onovlenu-bukovinu.html |website=www.ua-football.com |access-date=19 March 2021}}{{cite web |title=Юрій Овчаров |url=https://www.desna.football/yurij-ovcharov/ |website=www.desna.football |access-date=19 March 2021}}
Honours
;Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.desna.football/yurij-ovcharov/ Profile on Official website of FC Desna Chernihiv]
- {{Soccerway|yury-ovcharov/217920}}
- [http://www.allplayers.in.ua/ru/player/1727 Yuriy Ovcharov] allplayers.in.ua
- {{FFU}}
{{FC Desna Chernihiv managers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ovcharov, Yuriy}}
Category:People from Kirovsk, Luhansk Oblast
Category:Footballers from Luhansk Oblast
Category:Soviet men's footballers
Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
Category:Ukrainian Premier League players
Category:Ukrainian First League players
Category:Ukrainian Second League players
Category:FC Desna Chernihiv players
Category:FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi players
Category:FC Stal Alchevsk players
Category:FC Polissya Zhytomyr players