Anatoliy Kroshchenko Explained

Anatoliy Kroshchenko
Fullname:Anatoliy Mykolayovych Kroshchenko
Birth Date:26 October 1937
Birth Place:Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Position:Forward
Youthyears1:????–1956
Youthclubs1:Kiev FShM
Years1:1958
Caps1:30
Goals1:5
Years2:1959
Caps2:28
Goals2:8
Years3:1960
Caps3:27
Goals3:6
Years4:1961–1962
Caps4:22
Goals4:3
Years5:1963–1968
Caps5:169
Goals5:57
Years6:1966
Clubs6:Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (loan)
Caps6:10
Goals6:1
Manageryears1:1971
Managerclubs1:Shakhtar Kadiyivka (administrator)
Manageryears2:1979
Managerclubs2:Okean Kerch
Manageryears3:1980
Managerclubs3:Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk
Manageryears4:1981
Managerclubs4:Spartak Zhytomyr
Manageryears5:1990
Managerclubs5:FC Dynamo Kyiv academy (staff)
Manageryears6:1992–1994
Managerclubs6:FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv
Manageryears7:1995
Managerclubs7:FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Manageryears8:1999–2002
Managerclubs8:Ukraine U-19
Manageryears9:2002
Managerclubs9:Ukraine U-21
Manageryears10:2003–2011
Managerclubs10:FC Dynamo Kyiv academy

Anatoliy Mykolayovych Kroshchenko is a Soviet football player and coach out of Ukraine.

Kroshchenko is a product of the Dynamo Kyiv football academy that he finished in 1957 along with Andriy Biba and Oleh Bazylevych. In 1957, he was listed on the roster for FC Dynamo Kyiv but never played a single game for the season. Next season Kroshchenko played for another team out of Kiev, SC Kiev Military District. Later he played for such teams like Lokomotyv Vinnytsia, Shakhtar Stalino, and Avanhard Kharkiv.

In 1963, Kroshchenko joined the newly established FC Karpaty Lviv where he spent most of his sports career. For Karpaty he set several club record such as becoming the player who scored the first goal in domestic competitions and the first goal in international games. For single season in 1966 Kroshchenko spend in FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

After retiring from a playing career Kroshchenko coached several Soviet teams in Ukraine among which were Shakhtar Kadiyivka, Desna Chernihiv, Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk, Okean Kerch, and Polissya Zhytomyr. After fall of the Soviet Union initially Kroshchenko coached FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv and FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv and later the Ukraine national under-19 football team taking it to the FIFA U-20 World Cup. Simultaneously, in 2001 he also was appointed the head coach of Ukraine national under-21 football team. In 2003–11, Kroshchenko was a head coach of the Dynamo Kyiv football academy.

Note: Until 2002, Under-19 football team was known as Under-18. In 2001 Ukraine U-18 qualified for the 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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