Unai Melgosa Zorrilla (born 11 January 1976) is a Spanish football manager who is the head coach of the Ukraine U21.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Unai Melgosa Zorrilla | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2004–2011 | Athletic Bilbao (youth) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Málaga (psychiatrist) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Athletic Bilbao (youth) | ||
| 2015–2017 | Dynamo Kyiv (U19) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Aspire Academy | ||
| 2019–2021 | Ferencváros (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2023 | Al Ain (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Ukraine (assistant) | ||
| 2023– | Ukraine U21 | ||
Career
editMelgosa, 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 Ferencváros.[4] Later, together with Rebrov, he worked in the United Arab Emirates Al Ain FC.
After Serhiy Rebrov headed the Ukraine national team on 7 June 2023, Melgosa joined his staff,[5][6] and already on 25 July, on the initiative of Rebrov, the Spanish specialist became the head coach of the Ukraine U21.[6][7]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 11 December 2023
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Ukraine u-21 | 
|
25 July 2023 | Present | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 83.33 |
| Career total | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 83.33 | |||
References
edit- ^ Ткач, Олександр (28 June 2015). "Рауль та його команда. Гід з іспанських тренерів "Динамо"". ua.tribuna.com (in Russian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Унаї Мельгоса: біографія, кар'єра, статистика, фото | Dynamomania.com". dynamomania.com (in Russian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Після Євро-2023 молодіжну збірну України очолить іспанський помічник Реброва – ЗМІ". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Помічники Реброва продовжили контракти з чемпіоном Угорщини з футболу". ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 May 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Молодіжна збірна України офіційно отримала нового головного тренера". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 25 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Офіційно. Рішення Виконкому Української асоціації футболу". uaf.ua (in Ukrainian). Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.