 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Oleksandr Dmytrovych Ryabokon | ||
| Date of birth | (1964-02-21)21 February 1964 (age 61) | ||
| Place of birth | Kyiv,Ukrainian SSR,Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Livyi Bereh Kyiv | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dynamo Kyiv | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982 | Desna Chernihiv | 6 | (0) |
| 1983 | SKA Kyiv | ||
| 1984 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 16 | (0) |
| 1985 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 31 | (0) |
| 1987 | Vorskla Poltava | 44 | (1) |
| 1988 | Gomselmash Gomel | 8 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Spartak Anapa | 24 | (6) |
| 1990 | Lori Kirovakan | 37 | (0) |
| 1991 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 43 | (5) |
| 1992 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 22 | (1) |
| 1992 | Meliorator Kakhovka | 4 | (1) |
| 1993–1994 | Sirius Kryvyi Rih | 43 | (9) |
| 1995 | Torpedo Mogilev | 12 | (0) |
| 1995 | Systema-Boreks Borodianka | 2 | (0) |
| 1995 | Torpedo Mogilev | 8 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Nerafa Slavutych | 30 | (4) |
| 1997 | Shanghai Pudong | ||
| 1998 | Veres Rivne | 16 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–1999 | Borysfen Boryspil (assistant) | ||
| 1999–2000 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (assistant) | ||
| 2000–2001 | Borysfen Boryspil | ||
| 2001–2002 | Ukraine U19 | ||
| 2002–2004 | Borysfen Boryspil | ||
| 2005 | Obolon Kyiv | ||
| 2005–2006 | Dinamo Minsk | ||
| 2006 | Borysfen Boryspil | ||
| 2007–2008 | Dnipro Cherkasy | ||
| 2008–2009 | Desna Chernihiv | ||
| 2009–2010 | Desna Chernihiv | ||
| 2010–2011 | Lviv | ||
| 2011 | Sevastopol | ||
| 2012–2022 | Desna Chernihiv | ||
| 2024 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | ||
| 2025 | Lisne | ||
| 2025– | Livyi Bereh Kyiv | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Oleksandr Ryabokon (Ukrainian:Олександр Дмитрович Рябоконь; born 21 February 1964) is a formerUkrainianfootballdefender, and recently, until 2022, the head-coach ofFC Desna Chernihiv in theUkrainian Premier League.[1] He is known for transforming a third tier team into a solid top-flight participant. He is also a combat veteran of theRusso-Ukrainian War.
A product of the Dynamo Kyiv football academy (specialized sports school of Olympic reserve), Ryabokon started his professional career inFC Desna Chernihiv in 1982. During the Soviet period he changed clubs every season playing mostly at the Soviet third tier. In late 1980s he managed to play for some Caucasus region clubs from CircassianAnapa and ArmenianVanadzor. Following dissolution of the Soviet Union, he soon gained squad stability playing forSirius Zhovti Vody, a former Soviet third tier team, after which he finally signed up with a top-flight club from Belarus,FC Torpedo Mogilev. After a season in Belarus, Ryabokon returned to Ukraine where he continued to play at the third tier switching clubs every season.
After he retired from playing football, he was invited to work as an assistant coach in 1998. In 2000, Ryabokon became the head coach of theFC Borysfen Boryspil and two years later got the team promoted to theUkrainian Premier League.[2] At the end of June 2010, Ryabokon became the new head coach ofFC Lviv in theUkrainian First League.[3]
In 2012 he signed forDesna Chernihiv.[4][5] he managed to promoted the team inUkrainian First League after a great season2012–13 of theUkrainian Second League. In the season2016–17 he has been elected Best Coach in the round 21,[6] Round 23,[7] Round 25,[8] Round 29[9] and at the end of the season he has been elected even the best coach of theUkrainian First League in the season2016–17[10] and he next season with the club ofChernihiv won theUkrainian First League in theseason 2017–18.
In theseason 2018–19 season he led the team to stay inUkrainian Premier League without been relegated and he was elected Best Coach in Round 2,[11] Round 6,[12] Round 13[13] and Round 24.[14]
In the2019–20 season of theUkrainian Premier League has been elected Best Coach in September 2019,[15] in March 2020[16] and in June 2020.[17]
He managed to bring the club at the 4th place inUkrainian Premier League in the2019–20 season and to qualify for theEuropa League third qualifying round, for the first time in the history of the Club since 1960. Oleksandr Ryabokon won the Best Coach, 9 times in the2019–20 season being the most winning coach in 32 rounds.[18][19][20]
In the2020-21 season of theUkrainian Premier League was elected Best Coach of the round 1.[21]
On 24 September 2020 Ryabokon was the coach that provided line up of the team ofDesna Chernihiv againstVfL Wolfsburg for theEuropa League third qualifying round at theAOK Stadion.[22]
On 9 March 2021 he has been elected Best Coach of the Round 17 of theUkrainian Premier League in the2020-21 season.[23] On 12 April 2021 he was elected coach of the Round 21 in theseason 2020-21 ofUkrainian Premier League[24]
After the2020-21 season, the club failed to qualify for the cups and Oleksandr Ryabokon with president of the clubVolodymyr Levin let some players leave the club and adding new ones also with experience likeYevhen Selin who played in theUkraine national football team.[25][26][27] They worked also to rejuvenate the team, develop the academy inChernihiv adding some players fromDesna 3 Chernihiv andDesna 2 Chernihiv likeYevheniy Belych.[28] In december 2021, theDesna Chernihiv's presidentVolodymyr Levin defined Ryabokon one of the best UPL ofUkrainian Premier League.[29]
In 2022 due to theRussian full-scale invasion, Ryabokon soon after his birthday signed up for the UkrainianTerritorial Defense Forces inChernihiv Oblast and participated in liberation of the region from the Russian occupational forces that wereforced to flee.
