Anatoliy Saulevych

Anatoliy Saulevych
Personal information
Full name Anatoliy Volodymyrovych Saulevych
Date of birth (1959-03-26)26 March 1959
Place of birth Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Date of death 13 November 2021(2021-11-13) (aged 62)
Place of death Lviv, Ukraine
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Sportinternat Kyiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1981 Karpaty Lviv 118 (8)
1982–1985 SKA Karpaty Lviv 117 (7)
1986 Nyva Ternopil 33 (4)
1987–1988 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 96 (13)
1989 Karpaty Lviv 40 (2)
1990–1991 Zaria Bălți 80 (9)
1992 Halychyna Drohobych 24 (0)
International career
1976–1977 Soviet Union U18 ? (?)
Managerial career
Karpaty Lviv youth (assistant)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Soviet Union
UEFA European U-18 Championships[1]
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Belgium
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anatoliy Saulevych (Ukrainian: Анатолій Володимирович Саулевич; 26 March 1959 – 13 November 2021) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as defender and a youth football coach.

Playing and coaching career[edit]

the grave of Anatoliy Saulevych at the Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv

Born in Kyiv, Saulevych is a product of the local Sportinternat, where his first coach was Viktor Kyianchenko. In 1978 he made his debut in the Soviet First League with Karpaty Lviv. The following year, he achieved promotion to the Soviet Top League with the club, where in 1980 he played 26 matches, scoring one goal. At the end of the season, Karpaty were relegated to the First League again.

In 1982–1985 Saulevych played for another Lviv-based First League team, SKA Lviv. He later played for clubs playing in the Soviet Second League: Nyva Ternopil, Podillya Khmelnytskyi, Karpaty Lviv and Zaria Bălți. He finished his career in 1992 with Ukrainian First League club Halychyna Drohobych.[2]

He graduated from Lviv State University of Physical Culture.

After his retirement he worked as an assistant coach at the Karpaty Lviv youth sportive school.

He died in Lviv on 13 November 2021.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Юниорский турнир УЕФА–1977 – Юношеская сборная России по футболу". Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  2. ^ Анатолій Саулевич: "Наприкінці 70-х "Карпати" були найперспективнішими в Союзі" (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 23 November 2021.
  3. ^ Помер колишній захисник Карпат Анатолій Саулевич (in Ukrainian). football24.ua. 23 November 2021.

External links[edit]

  • Anatoliy Saulevych at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
  • Пилипчук, Павло (2006). "Карпати" від А до Я (1963—2005 рр.) (in Ukrainian). Львів: Галицька видавнича спілка. ISBN 966-7893-51-0.