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Oleksandr Babych

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Oleksandr Babych
Babych in 2017
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Babych
Date of birth (1979-02-15) 15 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Alchevsk, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Chornomorets Odesa (manager)
Youth career
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997 Kremin Kremenchuk 10 (0)
1997Hirnyk Sport Komsomolsk (loan) 2 (0)
1998–2001 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 8 (0)
1998–2001Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk 70 (1)
2000–2001Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk 10 (0)
2001–2002 Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya 22 (5)
2002–2005 Anzhi Makhachkala 82 (5)
2005–2008 Metalist Kharkiv 67 (6)
2009–2011 Chornomorets Odesa 31 (4)
Total 302 (21)
Managerial career
2012–2014 Chornomorets Odesa (youth)
2014–2017 Chornomorets Odesa (caretaker)
2017 Chornomorets Odesa
2017–2020 Mariupol
2021–2022 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
2022–2024 Fratria
2024 Pirin Blagoevgrad
2024– Chornomorets Odesa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Babych (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Бабич; born 15 February 1979) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player, who is the current head coach of Ukrainian club Chornomorets Odesa.

Playing career

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Early years

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Oleksandr Babych is a product of the Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Youth system.

Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk and Kremin Kremenchuk

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After playing for Dnipro-2 in 1997, he left to play for Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk and Kremin Kremenchuk during the 1997–98 season.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

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From 1998 to 2001, Babych stayed again with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He spent most of his playing time with the reserve teams Dnipro-2 and Dnipro-3; he did, however, play in a few games for the senior team.

Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya

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He was transferred to Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya for the 2001–02 season. Babych scored the only goal in the relegation play-off game against Polissya Zhytomyr that allowed the Oleksandriya team to stay in the top tier.

Anzhi Makhachkala

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He was then spotted by the Russian Premier League side Anzhi Makhachkala and was transferred to the club in 2003, playing there until 2005.

Metalist Kharkiv

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His next stop was Metalist Kharkiv. At Metalist, he soon became the vice-captain and played a vital role in the team's defence.

Chornomorets Odesa

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In February 2009, he moved to Chornomorets Odesa, where he was chosen captain on 15 July 2010, prior to the start of the 2010–11 season. The subsequent two seasons of his career were, however, marred by injuries, and Babych had to retire as a player on 2 March 2012.

Managerial career

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He immediately became the manager of the Chornomorets youth squad, though.

In the summer of 2022 Babych moved to Constantsa, Romania after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, where he met Viktor Bakurevic, owner of a newly established team Fratria, with the help of Oleksandr Lavrentsov and become manager of the team, despite the fact the team was in A Regional Varna, which is the 4th level of Bulgarian football.[1] On 5 February 2024 Babych took over Bulgarian First League club Pirin Blagoevgrad.[2]

At the beginning of July 2024 Babych became the head coach of the FC Chornomorets Odesa.[3]

Personal life

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Babych is currently married to Natalia and has a daughter named Violetta.

References

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  1. ^ Собственикът на най-бързо развиващия се клуб в България: До 5 години искаме да сме в efbet Лига
  2. ^ Собственикът на Фратрия няма да влиза в Пирин
  3. ^ "Чорноморець офіційно отримав нового головного тренера". ua-football.com. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024. (in Ukrainian)
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