Ivan Korponai

Ivan Korponay

Personal information
Full name	Ivan Tyberiyovych Korponay
Date of birth	(1969-02-13) 13 February 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Rakoshyno, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	36	(2)
1990–1992	Kremin Kremenchuk	45	(9)
1992	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	15	(6)
1993–1994	Nyva Ternopil	37	(6)
1994–1996	Kremin Kremenchuk	59	(22)
1996–1999	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	31	(6)
1997–1998	→ Mykolaiv (loan)	27	(8)
1998	→ Nyva Vinnytsia (loan)	18	(6)
1999	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	1	(0)
2000	Chornomorets Odesa	4	(0)
2000	→ Chornomorets-2 Odesa	2	(0)
2002	Atyrau	14	(3)
2003	Uholyok Dymytrov	3	(0)
2004	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	1	(0)
Total		293	(68)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivan Tyberiyovych Korponay (Ukrainian: Іван Тиберійович Корпонай; born 13 February 1969) is a Ukrainian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Playing career

Korponay was born in Rakoshyno, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine). From an early age, he was involved with football.^[1] His first team was Zakarpattia Uzhhorod. He then joined his brother Adalbert at Kremin Kremenchuk. On 7 March 1992, Korponay became Kremin Kremenchuk's first-ever goalscorer in the Vyshcha Liha, then the Ukrainian top flight.^[2] He was also the team's top scorer for the season with 7 goals.^[3]

Managing career

After retiring as a player, Ivan coached youth teams in Zakarpattia Oblast with his older brother Tyberiy. By 2021, however, he was no longer involved with football.^[1]

References

1. Kuzmiak, Liubomyr (17 December 2021). "Тріо братів у Вищій лізі: сімейний відбір м'яча, інтерес Динамо та умисна помилка заради брата" [A trio of brothers in the Major League: family selection of the ball, the interest of Dynamo and a deliberate mistake for the sake of the brother]. football24.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
2. "Протокол" [Match Protocol]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
3. "Чемпіонат України з футболу 1992: вища ліга" [1992 Vyshcha Liha]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 21 October 2014.

External links

• Ivan Korponai at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
• Ivan Korponai at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)