The famous goalkeeper became Mircea Lucescu’s assistant.

Legendary goalkeeper Oleksandr Shovkovskyi returned to Kyiv “Dynamo” after a six-year break.

As reported by the official website of Kyiv, the 48-year-old Ukrainian took the position of assistant to the head coach of the “White and Blue” Mircea Lucescu. Oleksandr replaced the Croatian Ognen Vukojevic in this position, who will lead “Osiek”.

Until recently, Shovkovsky worked as an assistant to the head coach of the national team of Ukraine Oleksandr Petrakov. Oleksandr’s agreement with UAF was calculated until the end of last year and was not extended.

We will remind you that “Dynamo” entered the winter break in third place in the UPL standings.

Mircea Lucescu’s wards did not make it to the Euro-Spring, being eliminated from the group round of the Europa League.

The team will play its next match in the UPL in the spring. As part of the 16th round, “Dynamo” will meet “Ingulets” in a home match, the base day of the round is March 4.

Oleksandr Shovkovskyi: career and achievements

Shovkovskyi played for Dynamo from 1993 to 2016. He is the white-blue record holder for the number of matches played for the club. The legendary goalkeeper has 636 games in a Kyiv T-shirt in all tournaments.

As part of “Dynamo”, Oleksandr became the champion of Ukraine 14 times, won the Cup of Ukraine 11 times and won the Super Cup of Ukraine 6 times.

Oleksandr Shovkovskyi played 92 matches for the Ukrainian national team.