Ihor Khimanych

Igor Khimanych is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian football player goalkeeper.

Career
Ihor Khimanych was born in Kryvyi Rih. In 1986, he made his debut in Zirka Kirovohrad, for which he played 2 matches. He made his next attempt to gain a foothold in the team of masters in 1989, joining the Kolos Nikopol, but already in the same season he returned to his hometown, concluding an agreement with Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. In the spring of 1995, Khimanych joined the Desna Chernihiv, the club in the city of Chernihiv. In the season 1996–97 with the club he won the Ukrainian Second League. At the end of 1999, he defended the colors of System-Borex Borodianka and later he played in the amateur championship for Fakel-GPZ Varva with the club he won the Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship in 2000. In 2003 he moved to Smorgon in the Belarusian Premier League.

Coach Career
After he retired from playing football, in 2011 he was appointed as coach of Khujand and in 2012 for Pamir Dushanbe. In 2017, he moved to the position of goalkeeping coach of Arsenal Kyiv and in 2018 he was invited to be goalkeeper coach for Alliance Lypova.

Honours

 * Fakel Varva
 * Chernihiv Oblast Football Championship 2001


 * Desna Chernihiv
 * Ukrainian Second League: 1996–97