Unai Melgosa | |
Full Name: | Unai Melgosa Zorrilla |
Birth Date: | 1976 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Bilbao, Spain |
Manageryears1: | 2004–2011 |
Managerclubs1: | Athletic Bilbao (youth) |
Manageryears2: | 2011–2012 |
Managerclubs2: | Málaga (psychiatrist) |
Manageryears3: | 2012–2014 |
Managerclubs3: | Athletic Bilbao (youth) |
Manageryears4: | 2015–2017 |
Managerclubs4: | Dynamo Kyiv (U19) |
Manageryears5: | 2017–2019 |
Managerclubs5: | Aspire Academy |
Manageryears6: | 2019–2021 |
Managerclubs6: | Ferencváros (assistant) |
Manageryears7: | 2021–2023 |
Managerclubs7: | Al Ain (assistant) |
Manageryears8: | 2023 |
Managerclubs8: | Ukraine (assistant) |
Manageryears9: | 2023– |
Managerclubs9: | Ukraine U21 |
Unai Melgosa Zorrilla (born 11 January 1976) is a Spanish football manager who is the head coach of the Ukraine U21.
Melgosa, who was born in Bilbao, was hired to local Athletic working with youth as a psychological coach.[1] After 7 years, Melgosa for a season worked as a psychologist for Málaga and later returned to Athletic. In 2014 he left his home team.[2]
From 2015 to 2017, he was the coach of the youth team of Dynamo Kyiv. Among his students were the future main players of the "white and blue" team - Mykola Shaparenko, Oleksandr Tymchyk, and Volodymyr Shepelev.[3]
From 2017 to 2019, he worked at the Aspire Academy in Qatar, and in March 2019 he joined the coaching staff of Serhiy Rebrov in Hungarian Ferencváros.[4] Later, together with Rebrov, he worked in the United Arab Emirates Al Ain FC.
After Serhiy Rebrov headed the Ukraine national team on 7 June 2023, Melgosa joined his staff,[5] and already on 25 July, on the initiative of Rebrov, the Spanish specialist became the head coach of the Ukraine U21.[6] [7]