Myron Markevych

Myron Bohdanovych Markevych (Мирон Богданович Маркевич; born 1 February 1951) is a Ukrainian football manager and former player who manages Karpaty Lviv.

He has worked as a manager in the Ukrainian Premier League and for the Ukraine national team. He holds the record for coaching the most matches (500 as on 15 August 2011) in the Ukrainian Premier League.

A former midfielder, he made 59 appearances in the Soviet Second League for Torpedo Lutsk.

Playing career
Markevych played as a midfielder for Karpaty Lviv (reserves), SCA Lviv, Spartak Ordzhinikidze, and Torpedo Lutsk.

Coaching career
Markevych graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Lviv and the Supreme school of coaches in Moscow in 1983. He has managed a number of teams, devoting most of his career to Karpaty Lviv and Metalist Kharkiv. He last served as manager of Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.

Markevych was appointed head coach of the Ukraine national team in early February 2010, but left six months later, submitting his resignation to the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) by fax on 21 August 2010. Initially, the legal department of FFU stated that such a document could only be submitted in its original form and the fax copy could not be accepted. Ultimately, the FFU accepted his resignation and appointed Yuriy Kalitvintsev as caretaker manager.

In June 2023, Markevych returned for the fifth time to Karpaty Lviv.

Personal life
Markevych is of Polish descent by maternal grandfather. He is fluent in English and Polish. He is married and is the father of two sons, Ostap Markevych and Yuriy Markevych.

Manager
Karpaty Lviv
 * Ukrainian Cup runner-up: 1993, 1999
 * Ukrainian Premier League third place: 1998

Metalist Kharkiv
 * Ukrainian Premier League runner-up: 2013; third place (6) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
 * UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2014–15
 * Ukrainian Premier League third place: 2015