Unai Melgosa
Personal information
Full name Unai Melgosa Zorrilla
Date of birth (1976-01-11) 11 January 1976
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Position(s) Manager
Managerial career
Years Team
2004–2011 Athletic Bilbao (youth)
2011–2012 Málaga (psychiatrist)
2012–2014 Athletic Bilbao (youth)
2015–2017 Dynamo Kyiv (U-19)
2017–2019 Aspire Academy
2019–2021 Ferencváros (assistant)
2021–2023 Al Ain (assistant)
2023 Ukraine (assistant)
2023– Ukraine U21

Unai Melgosa Zorrilla (born 11 January 1976) is a Spanish football manager who is currently the head coach of the Ukraine U21.

Career

Melgosa, who was born in Bilbao, was hired to local Athletic working with youth as a psychological coach.[1] After 7 years, Melgosa for a season worked as a psychologist for Málaga and later returned to Athletic. In 2014 he left his home team.[2]

From 2015 to 2017, he was the coach of the youth team of Dynamo Kyiv. Among his students were the future main players of the "white and blue" team - Mykola Shaparenko, Oleksandr Tymchyk, and Volodymyr Shepelev.[3]

From 2017 to 2019, he worked at the Aspire Academy in Qatar, and in March 2019 he joined the coaching staff of Serhiy Rebrov in Hungarian Ferencvárosi TC.[4] Later, together with Rebrov, he worked in the United Arab Emirates Al Ain FC.

After Serhiy Rebrov headed the Ukraine national football team on June 7, 2023, Melgosa joined his staff,[5][6] and already on July 25, on the initiative of Rebrov, the Spanish specialist became the head coach of the Ukraine national under-21 football team[6][7]

As of match played 11 December 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ukraine u-21 Ukraine 25 July 2023 Present 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 083.33
Career total 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 083.33

References

  1. ↑ Ткач, Олександр (28 June 2015). "Рауль та його команда. Гід з іспанських тренерів "Динамо"". ua.tribuna.com (in Russian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Унаї Мельгоса: біографія, кар'єра, статистика, фото | Dynamomania.com". dynamomania.com (in Russian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Після Євро-2023 молодіжну збірну України очолить іспанський помічник Реброва – ЗМІ". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Помічники Реброва продовжили контракти з чемпіоном Угорщини з футболу". ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 May 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Стали відомі фахівці, що ввійшли до тренерського штабу Сергія Реброва в збірній України". uaf.ua (in Ukrainian). Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Молодіжна збірна України офіційно отримала нового головного тренера". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 25 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Офіційно. Рішення Виконкому Української асоціації футболу". uaf.ua (in Ukrainian). Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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