Alex Mickle, Ukrainian football player: biography, family, sports career

Alex Mickle - known Soviet and Ukrainian football. He played for the USSR national team. The most popular made in the Kiev "Dynamo". After completion of the sports career he turned to coaching. Over the past two years as head of the national team of Ukraine.

Early in his career

Alex Mickle born in Kiev March 30, 1963. Since childhood, I felt the urge to engage in sports, especially in football. Once approached age, enrolled in junior sports school. Like all boys Kiev, dreamed of playing for the local "Dynamo" (Kiev), Alexei, and a dream come true.

Advocate for the youth team started in 1973. Alex Mickle. Footballer played as a midfielder. From 10 to 18 years old player played for junior teams of different years, constantly being on the pencil from the functionaries of the adult "Dynamo". In 1981, he was finally admitted to the games for the first team.

In Kiev "Dynamo"

In his debut season in the hometown club Mickle immediately made his debut in the Premier League. But often on the field did not appear - the competition was prohibitive. The team was one of the leaders of the season and as a result, won 22 victories in 34 matches, has issued a victory in the championship of the Soviet Union. Closest pursuer - Moscow "Spartak" - left behind by 7 points. This is despite the fact that at the time of the victory was given only two points.

In 1982, to repeat the success was not possible, although the "Dynamo" (Kiev) was again close to the championship. In the last round Kiev beat visiting Yerevan "Ararat" with the score 3: 2. The fate of the gold medals of the game depended on the Moscow "Spartak", securing third place, with Minsk "Dynamo", which fought for the championship. In a match of plenty of goals Belarusians won 4: 3.

In 1983, Alex Mickle - already a full-fledged player of the basic structure, however, the team has things did not add up as well. Triumph that season became another Ukrainian club - Dnepropetrovsk "Dnepr", won the championship. A "white-blue" only took 7 th place.

Again champions

Return to the previous level of Kiev, led by Mickle, failed in 1985. Confident game throughout the season - and another championship. Moscow "Spartak" is behind by 2 points. The following year, "Dinamo" again became favorites and champions only thanks to the then limit of the draw. According to the results of the season in Kiev and Moscow "Dynamo" was equally points. And anybody - to 11. But Muscovites are deprived of one point, and the Ukrainians - not. The fact that the rules was one exception - if during a match two or more players were summoned to the national team, then the game is a draw limit does not leak. Alex Mickle played for the people of Kiev until 1990. It was then that he was able to win with the team fourth gold of the USSR championships. Total for the team he spent 137 games and scored 39 goals.

Careers in Europe

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, many players decide to try happiness in foreign clubs. Mickle Alexei Alexandrovich was no exception and went to play in Italy. Ukrainian midfielder becomes a player "Sampdoria" from Genoa to win last season's Italian Cup. Therefore, with a new club, he immediately acts in the European Cup. In the first round, the Italians found the German "Kaiserslautern" and lose away 0: 1. The return match is held under the dictation of the club Mickle. Score 2: 0 gave access to the next step.

In 1/8 final of "Sampdoria" easily copes with the Greek "Olympiakos" (1: 0, 3: 1). In the fight for the semi-finals at a party suddenly loses Polish "Legia" 0: 1. In the second leg of the Genoese had many opportunities to improve the situation, but the game ended in a draw - 2: 2.

Meanwhile, in the case of Italy the championship at "Sampdoria" went well. Despite the home defeat against direct rivals in the fight for the medals, "Genoa" and "Torino" (with the same score 1: 2), the team confidently brought the matter to its first ever victory in the series "A". Formidable "Milan" and "Inter" behind 5 points. Midfielder Mickle, whose biography gained another championship, made a significant contribution to the overall success. He played 24 matches and scored three goals.

Albion

Despite the success, after the end of the season Mickle moved to the championship of Scotland. He received an invitation from one of the leaders - "Glasgow Rangers" command. In his first season at the new club Ukrainian midfielder puts kind of a record. He is the third year in a row becomes a champion, and the country with all different.

Scottish Cup win was probably the easiest. "Rangers' bypassed the nearest persecutor, the" Heart of Midlothian "by 9 points. At the same time in the season scored 101 goal.

In total, Ukrainian spent five seasons in Scotland, winning five league titles. In 1993, the "Aberdeen" lost 9 points, and next year - only 3. The fight was hard. In 1995, the second was "Motherwell", behind by 15 points. In the last year performances Mickle in Scotland fight, "Rangers" imposed "Celtic", conceded at the finish 4 points.

Scots in the Champions League

In the main European Cup tournament of the Old World Mickle already played with the Kiev "Dynamo". However, the performance of a Scottish champion was quite different. In the 1992/1993 season, "Rangers' first knocked the Danish" Lyngby "(1: 0, 2: 0), and then English" Leeds "(2: 1, 2: 1) and was in the group stage. Rivals were the French "Olympic", Belgian "Brugge" and Russia's CSKA Moscow. The Scots have never lost, but 4 draws did not allow them to take first place. Your last chance, they lost in the last round, playing the home draw with CSKA Moscow 0: 0. The final went to the French "Marseilles".

In the years 1993/1994 the team went on the stage of 1/16, in a bitter struggle after losing the Bulgarian "Levski" only because of the number of goals scored in the away match (3: 2, 1: 2). In 1994, the system of draw of the tournament changed. In the group stage, 16 teams came to play. However Scots not qualify, yielding Greek AEKu (0: 2 and 0: 1). In his final season playing for the "Rangers" Mickle with the team made it to the group stage, beating Cyprus "Anorthosis" (1: 0, 0: 0). The group was to meet with Dortmund, "Dortmund", the Italian "Juventus" and the Romanian "Steaua". Having two crushing defeat of Italians (0: 4 and 1: 4), Scots lost chance of reaching the groups. Did not win a single victory, they ranked last. Mickle eventually played for the "Rangers" 110 matches and scored 20 goals. In 1996, he finished his career in professional football for 33 years.

The USSR national team

The greatest success in the national team Mickle won while playing for the USSR. In 1988, he went to the Olympic Games in Seoul.

In the first match of the Soviet team played a goalless draw with the hosts. In the match against the Argentines through to the 7 th minute opened Igor Dobrovolsky, and 22 minutes Mickle doubled the advantage. For a quarter of an hour before the end of the game Alfaro played one ball, but the South Americans have not achieved more. In the last game against the Americans and did Mickle scored twice. First he opened the scoring in the first ten-minute, and 48 minutes, set 4: 0 on the scoreboard. However, such a convincing win could not, until the end of the meeting the Americans have played two balls. But the Soviet Union still came out of the group from the first place.

In the 1/4 finals of the Australian national team was defeated 3: 0. And again excelled Dobrowolski, has realized two penalties, and the Mickle. Semi-final against the Italians was not so easy. The score was only open for 50 minutes, and made it Virdis. To score the ball back Dobrovolsky managed 10 minutes before the end of normal time, turning the game into over-time. Additional half an hour started to Soviet players successfully - already at 92 minutes into the arminas narbekovas his team ahead, but on the 106th Mickle made the score 3: 1. However, after a couple of minutes Carnevale played one ball, setting the final result 3: 2 in favor of the USSR.

In the final match of the Soviet players confronted the Brazilians, and again had to recoup after Romario goal in the first half. In the middle of the second Dobrovolsky's penalty equalized. The decisive goal in extra time scored Yuri Savitchev. Mickle scored 5 goals in the tournament.

Life

His future wife met in a youth Alex Mickle. football family formed an alliance with Inna, whom he met when they were 13 years old. After 6 years, they officially married. A year later they had a firstborn - Alex. Son one time was engaged in football, but in the end decided to choose a different path. In 2004 Mickle second child was born - he was called Matthew.

During his lifetime athlete won not only sports trophies and medals. Has Alex Mickle government awards. From 2004 to 2016 he was presented with three degrees of Ukrainian Order "For Merit", and in 1989 - the Order of Friendship of Peoples.

On the coaching position

In 2012, Mickle -. Coach of FC "Dynamo" (Kiev ") First he helped Oleg Blokhin, and then was appointed as sporting director with the youth team of Ukraine won the silver medal in the European Championship could not beat the only team of the Netherlands in the final...

In 2008, he became a mentor to the national team. Debut game became friendly with Cyprus, which ended in a draw - 1: 1. Mickle had to qualify for the World Cup. The team started with a heavy victory over Belarus, the only goal Shevchenko scored from the penalty spot. This was followed by a more convincing victory over Kazakhstan (3: 1) and with zero draw Croat. In the spring of 2009, it was defeated in the "Wembley" from the British 1: 2, with the winning goal scored founders of football for 5 minutes before the end of the meeting. In June, the Ukrainians could not keep the winning score in the guest game against the Croats - 2: 2. Among the misfires of the selection - a goalless draw in Minsk. In the penultimate round Mickle home team won a historic victory over the English, the only goal in the first half scored Nazarenko. However, for the British, these were the only loss of points, they confidently won first place, and the Ukrainians went to the play-offs.

The contenders have got the Greeks. The match in Athens ended in a goalless draw, and in the second match Salpingidis scored the only goal midway through the first half. Mickle for this match was the last as head coach. He is currently working in the system of Kiev "Dynamo".