UEFA PRO coaching diplomas awarded in Kyiv
In Kyiv, a group of specialists was awarded UEFA PRO coaching diplomas.
The certificates were presented by Pavlo Boichuk, the First Vice-President of the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF), and Valeriy Shamardin, the Director of the UAF Licensing Center.
The training, which included both theoretical and practical sessions, began in December 2022.
Photo by Andriy Yushchak
The group attended the ceremony in full:
Oleksiy Antonov (Oleksandriya)
Imad Khaled Ashur (Polissya)
Anatoliy Bilyai (Livyi Bereh)
Vladyslav Burlaka (Dinaz)
Yaroslav Vyshnyak (Kolos)
Oleksiy Gay (Shakhtar)
Taras Hvozdyk
Ihor Yermakov (Karpaty)
Denys Kolchyn (Rukh)
Vitaliy Kostyshyn (Podillya)
Serhiy Kravchenko (Oleksandriya)
Oleksandr Kucher
Vitaliy Ponomaryov (Rukh)
Volodymyr Popov (Inhulets)
Oskar Ratulutra (Shakhtar)
Vitaliy Rozhon (Chayka)
Serhiy Symonenko (Oleksandriya)
Denys Khomutov (Almalyk, Uzbekistan)
Ivan Shuha (Rukh)
During the ceremony, Pavlo Boichuk addressed the specialists: “Even during the full-scale invasion, you decided to continue your education. This is commendable. I wish you to keep moving forward, to keep improving, and to pass on the knowledge you have gained. Congratulations, and thanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
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