Ihor Yavorskyi


Ihor Yavorskyi is a Ukrainian former footballer and football manager.

Career

Yavorskyi began his career with FC Falcon Lviv in the Ukrainian amateur leagues. In 1978, he signed with FC Nyva Pidhaitsi of the Soviet Second League. During his career in the Soviet Union he played with FC Kosmos Pavlohrad, FC Metalist Kharkiv, FC Guria Lanchkhuti. In 1991, he played abroad in the Slovak National Football League with ŠK Futura Humenné, and returned home to play with NK Veres Rivne in the Ukrainian Premier League. He finished his career with Boliden in Sweden, and with Nyva Ternopil in 1997.

Managerial career

He was appointed the head coach of PFC Nyva Ternopil in 1994. He managed several teams in the Premier League as FC Metalurh Donetsk, FC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk, and served as an assistant coach with FC Lviv, FC Karpaty Lviv, and Metalurh Donetsk. In 2015, he was appointed the inaugural head coach for Toronto Atomic FC in the Canadian Soccer League. Midway through the season he parted ways with Toronto.
In 2016, he managed Nyva Terebovlya in the Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship.In 2017, he announced his resignation from Nyva.

Honors

Individual