Ihor Zhabchenko

Ihor Zhabchenko

Personal information
Full name	Ihor Valentynovych Zhabchenko
Date of birth	(1968-07-01) 1 July 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Youth career
	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1988	Dynamo Kyiv	0	(0)
1989	Dynamo Bila Tserkva	4	(0)
1990	Zenit Leningrad	3	(0)
1990–1993	Kremin Kremenchuk	107	(23)
1993–1996	Chornomorets Odesa	84	(12)
1996	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	3	(0)
1996	Rotor Volgograd	3	(0)
1997	Hirnyk Komsomolsk	6	(0)
1997	Shakhtar Donetsk	9	(0)
1997	→ Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	6	(0)
1998	Mykolaiv	12	(1)
1999	Metalurh Donetsk	6	(1)
1999–2001	Metallurg Krasnoyarsk	18	(0)
2001–2002	Systema-Boreks Borodianka	1	(0)
Total		256	(37)
International career
1992–1996	Ukraine	11	(0)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Systema-Boreks Borodianka (assistant)
2003–2008	Ukraine U16
2008–2010	Zirka Kirovohrad
2010–2011	Sumy
2011	Zirka Kirovohrad
2013–2016	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
2019–2022	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
2023	Nyva Buzova
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ihor Zhabchenko (Ukrainian: Ігор Валентинович Жабченко; born 1 July 1968) is a Ukrainian former professional football player and a manager.

Playing career

Zhabchenko made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989, for Dynamo Bila Tserkva.^[1] He played seven games in the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup for Rotor Volgograd.

Coaching career

From 2013 to 2016, Zhabchenko was a manager of Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk.

Honours

• Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1996
• Russian Premier League bronze: 1996

References

1. Ihor Zhabchenko at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)

External links

• Ihor Zhabchenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)