Mykola Melnychenko (football manager)
Soviet coach (born 1919)
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Mykola Melnychenko (Ukrainian: Микола Павлович Мельниченко, Russian: Николай Павлович Мельниченко; born 1919 – death date unknown[1]) was a Soviet professional football coach.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mykola Pavlovych Melnychenko | ||
| Date of birth | 1919 | ||
| Date of death | death date unknown | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1964–1965 | Dnipro Kremenchuk | ||
Coaching career
Dynamo
In 1949 Dynamo Kyiv football school was founded. Melnychenko became one of its coaches along with Mykola Fominykh. He was a coach there during 1950s.[2][3] In 1957 the school was merged into newly formed Dynamo Kyiv junior squads and Academy.[4] In the 1960 youth championships, Dynamo team coached by Melnychenko became champions.[5]
Dnipro
Melnychenko joined Dnipro Kremenchuk in 1964,[6] his assistant was Hryhorii Miroshnyk.[7] Before the start of the 1965 season he wrote in Avtobydivnyk newspaper that in 1964 season team under performed and new season began earlier to rectify those problems.[8] Team finished the season in last place in their group,[9] next year they finished fifth in group and sixteenth overall.[10]
Legacy
During his career Melnychenko trained the following players: Anatoliy Byshovets.[11]