Oleksandr Babych

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Oleksandr Babych
Coaching Chornomorets in 2017
Personal information
Full name Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Babych
Date of birth (1979-02-15) 15 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Alchevsk, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Pirin Blagoevgrad (manager)
Youth career
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997 Kremin Kremenchuk 10 (0)
1997Hirnyk Sport Komsomolsk (loan) 2 (0)
1998–2001 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 8 (0)
1998–2001Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk 70 (1)
2000–2001Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk 10 (0)
2001–2002 Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya 22 (5)
2002–2005 Anzhi Makhachkala 82 (5)
2005–2008 Metalist Kharkiv 67 (6)
2009–2011 Chornomorets Odesa 31 (4)
Total 302 (21)
Managerial career
2012–2014 Chornomorets Odesa (youth)
2014–2017 Chornomorets Odesa (caretaker)
2017 Chornomorets Odesa
2017–2020 Mariupol
2021–2022 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
2022–2024 Fratria
2024– Pirin Blagoevgrad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Babych (Ukrainian: Олександр Олександрович Бабич; born 15 February 1979) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player, who is the current head coach of Bulgarian club Pirin Blagoevgrad.

Playing career

Early years

Oleksandr Babych is a product of the

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Youth
system.

Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk and Kremin Kremenchuk

After playing for Dnipro-2 in 1997, he left to play for Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk and Kremin Kremenchuk during the 1997–98 season.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

From 1998 to 2001, Babych stayed again with Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. He spent most of his playing time with the reserve teams Dnipro-2 and Dnipro-3; he did, however, play in a few games for the senior team.

Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya

He was transferred to Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya for the 2001–02 season. Babych scored the only goal in the relegation play-off game against Polissya Zhytomyr that allowed the Oleksandriya team to stay in the top tier.

Anzhi Makhachkala

He was then spotted by the Russian Premier League side Anzhi Makhachkala and was transferred to the club in 2003, playing there until 2005.

Metalist Kharkiv

His next stop was Metalist Kharkiv. At Metalist, he soon became the vice-captain and played a vital role in the team's defence.

Chornomorets Odesa

In February 2009, he moved to Chornomorets Odesa, where he was chosen captain on 15 July 2010, prior to the start of the 2010–11 season. The subsequent two seasons of his career were, however, marred by injuries, and Babych had to retire as a player on 2 March 2012.

Managerial career

He immediately became the manager of the Chornomorets

youth squad
, though.

In the summer of 2022 Babych moved to

A Regional Varna, which is the 4th level of Bulgarian football.[1] On 5 February 2024 Babych took over Bulgarian First League club Pirin Blagoevgrad.[2]

Personal life

Babych is currently married to Natalia and has a daughter named Violetta.

References

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