Ihor Zhabchenko

Ihor Zhabchenko (Ukrainian: Ігор Валентинович Жабченко; born 1 July 1968) is a Ukrainian former professional football player and a manager.

Ihor Zhabchenko

Personal information
Full name	Ihor Valentynovych Zhabchenko
Date of birth	(1968-07-01) 1 July 1968
Place of birth	Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder
Youth career
	Dynamo Kyiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1988	Dynamo Kyiv	0	(0)
1989	Dynamo Bila Tserkva	4	(0)
1990	Zenit Leningrad	3	(0)
1990–1993	Kremin Kremenchuk	107	(23)
1993–1996	Chornomorets Odesa	84	(12)
1996	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	3	(0)
1996	Rotor Volgograd	3	(0)
1997	Hirnyk Komsomolsk	6	(0)
1997	Shakhtar Donetsk	9	(0)
1997	→ Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	6	(0)
1998	Mykolaiv	12	(1)
1999	Metalurh Donetsk	6	(1)
1999–2001	Metallurg Krasnoyarsk	18	(0)
2001–2002	Systema-Boreks Borodianka	1	(0)
Total		256	(37)
International career
1992–1996	Ukraine	11	(0)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Systema-Boreks Borodianka (assistant)
2003–2008	Ukraine U16
2008–2010	Zirka Kirovohrad
2010–2011	Sumy
2011	Zirka Kirovohrad
2013–2016	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
2019–2022	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
2023	Nyva Buzova
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Zhabchenko made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1989, for Dynamo Bila Tserkva. He played seven games in the 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup for Rotor Volgograd.

Coaching career

From 2013 to 2016, Zhabchenko was a manager of Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk.

Honours

• Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 1996
• Russian Premier League bronze: 1996

External links

• Ihor Zhabchenko at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)