Vasyl Leskiv
Vasyl Ivanovych Leskiv (Ukrainian: Василь Іванович Леськів; born 20 December 1963) is a Soviet and Ukrainian former football player and manager. A veteran of Karpaty Lviv and Lviv, he has played more than 150 official matches for each of these clubs. Top scorer of Lviv in all Ukrainian championships, he scored 36 goals.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vasyl Ivanovych Leskiv | ||
| Date of birth | 20 December 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Stare Selo, Pustomyty Raion, Ukrainian SSR | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DYuSSh-4 Lviv | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1987 | Torpedo Lutsk | 127 | (15) |
| 1988 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 49 | (4) |
| 1989–1993 | Karpaty Lviv | 166 | (11) |
| 1993–1994 | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 33 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | Karpaty Lviv | 33 | (3) |
| 1995–2001 | FC Lviv | 318 | (36) |
| 1999 | → Karpaty Lviv (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Karpaty Lviv | 13 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Karpaty-2 Lviv (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Karpaty-3 Lviv (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2008 | FC Pustomyty | ||
| 2008–2012 | FC Horodok | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Leskiv studied in “Lviv” CYSS-4.[2] His first coach was Ihor Yevstahiyovych Kulchytsky. After three seasons at Torpedo (Lutsk) and one year at Podillya (Khmelnytsky), the midfielder moved to the newly restored FC Karpaty Lviv in 1989. Together with the Lviv team, Leskiv won gold medals in the second Soviet league in 1991 and played in the first independent championships. In 1993 he joined the Israeli club Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.
From 1995 to 2001 he spent 6 seasons for FC Lviv in the first league. He immediately became a regular player and regularly scored penalties. He became the team's top scorer in the 1998–99 championship — 12 goals. In total, Vasyl Leskiv played 217 matches for FC Lviv in the championships of Ukraine.
Since 2005 he has been the head coach of the Pustomyty amateur team (Lviv region). Works as a coach at CYSS "Karpaty" (Lviv).[3] In December 2008, he agreed to head the amateur club Horodok from the city of the same name in the Lviv region.[4][5]
References
- Леськів Василь Іванович
- "Високий замок online — Головна". www.wz.lviv.ua. 27 November 2017. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014.
- Довідник. Сезон 2020-2021
- "Львівські "Карпати" преміювали тренера СДЮШОР Василя Леськіва за підготовку Мар'яна Шведа". dailylviv.com. 25 November 2015.
- "Кравець: "З Дулубом команда стала більш дружна"". fckarpaty.com.ua. 26 November 2016.
External links
- Vasyl Leskiv at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Vasyl Leskiv at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Виступи Леськіва у чемпіонатах СРСР (klisf.info)
- Михалюк Ю. А., Яремко І. Я. Футбольний клуб «Карпати». Футбол-90. Довідник-календар. — Львів, 1990
- Пилипчук П. «Карпати» від А до Я (1963—2005). — Львів: Галицька видавнича спілка, 2006. — 154 с. ISBN 966-7893-51-0