Oleksandr Zozulia (footballer, born 1960)

Oleksandr Zozulia (Олександр Андрійович Зозуля; born 7 March 1960) is a Ukrainian professional football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is current coach of a Second League club Kremin-2 Kremenchuk.

Early life
Oleksandr Zozulia was born on 7 March 1960 in Khrustalnyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.

Playing career
Zozulia played for Stakhanov in 1982, Atlantyka Sevastopol in 1983, Kolos Pavlohrad in 1985, Nistru Chișinău in 1986, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv in 1987 and others. In 1996 he won Luhansk Oblast Championship while playing for Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch.

Coaching career
Zozulia coached with Atlank Kremenchuk, Kremin Academy and Dnipro Academy.

Kremenchuk Academy
When Kremin Kremenchuk was formed again on 23 October 2003, Zozulia became one of the academy coaches. He began training group of players born in 1992. Andriy Batsula and Artem Kozlov were first players who Zozulia trained.

By May 2017 he returned to Kremin Academy. There he began coaching Academy group Kremin 2006. He continued to coach them until 2022. With Russian invasion of Ukraine some of his players moved to academies in Poland and Slovakia while others who remained in the academy began training with and playing for Kremin Kremenchuk. In October 2021 Zozulia began working with a new group of players born in 2016.

Dnipro
Zozulia joined Dnipro Academy in 2010 and was in charge of the U15 team.

Kremin-2
Zozulia began working with Kremin-2 Kremenchuk in mid January 2023. On 15 February 2023 Kremin owner appointed Yaroslav Zdyrko to become a manager of the team, Zozulia remained an assistant coach with the team. Most of the players came from the Kremin Academy and were coached by Zozulia from early age.

Honours
Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch
 * Luhansk Oblast Championship: 1996