Roman Hryhorchuk (born 22 March 1965 in Kolomyya, USSR) is a retired Ukrainian

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

 football player and current manager of FC Chornomorets Odesa.

Player career

He started playing with FC Lysonia Berezhany and then FC Temp Shepetivka

FC Temp Shepetivka

FC Temp Shepetivka is a former Ukrainian football team. The team was situated in Shepetivka, Ukraine. Temp Shepetivka took part in the first Ukrainian Premier League season in 1992, after being initially chosen to participate for winning the Ukrainian Amateur Cup in 1991.Temp Shepetivka took last...

. He established himself as a striker while playing for Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk

FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk

FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk was a Ukrainian football team based in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, the unofficial capital of the Prykarpattia region. The club was founded in 1940 and was to play in the Druha Liha under the guidance of Mykola Prystay. The club has previously gone...

 while in the Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League

The Persha Liha or Ukrainian First League is a football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup...

 where he consistently was among the top-scorers of the League. He spent some time in foreign clubs in Austria

Austria

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, Poland

Poland

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 and Russia

Russia

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.

Coach career

In his coaching career, he was a successful manager in Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

 with FK Ventspils

FK Ventspils

FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament....

 winning the Latvian championship three times from 2006–08 as well as the Latvian Cup in 2005 and 2007.

During the 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League

2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League

The 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League season was the nineteenth since its establishment and second since its reorganization. Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions, having won their 13th league title...

 season, Hryhorchuk was hired by Metalurh Zaporizhya. He stayed in that position only until the end of the season, though.

On 16 November 2010, Hryhorchuk was appointed as the manager of FC Chornomorets Odesa.

External links

• Career info at playerhistory