The Kiev club quickly decided on a replacement for Lucescu.
Dynamo Kiev announced the appointment of Alexander Shovkovsky as acting head coach.
This was reported by the “white-blues” on their official website.
At the head of the team, the 48-year-old Ukrainian specialist will replace Mircea Lucescu, who previously announced that he would leave his position.
Also read: Lucescu resigned as head coach of Dynamo
Shovkovskiy has worked as an assistant to the Romanian coach since January 2023. The Ukrainian was acting as Dynamo’s head coach when, at the end of last season, Lucescu was forced to undergo surgery on his leg and was on sick leave.
In the past, Shovkovsky was also an assistant to Andrey Shevchenko and Alexander Petrakov in the Ukrainian national team.
Emil Karas, Oleg Gusev and Mikhail Mikhailov will work on Shovkovsky’s coaching staff at Dynamo.
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We remind you that the Kiev team is currently in seventh place in the UPL standings, having scored 16 points in ten games played.
Earlier, Mircea Lucescu spoke about the reasons for leaving the post of head coach of Dynamo.
Source: korrespondent
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