Serhiy Rebrov
Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov (Ukrainian: Сергій Станіславович Ребров;[4] born 3 June 1974) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is in charge of UAE Pro League side Al-Ain.
 Rebrov as manager of Dynamo Kyiv in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1974[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Horlivka, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Al Ain (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1989 | Spartak Horlivka | ||
| 1989–1991 | UOR Donetsk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1992 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | (12) |
| 1992–2000 | Dynamo Kyiv | 189 | (93) |
| 2000–2004 | Tottenham Hotspur | 60 | (10) |
| 2002–2004 | → Fenerbahçe (loan) | 38 | (4) |
| 2004–2005 | West Ham United | 27 | (1) |
| 2005–2008 | Dynamo Kyiv | 53 | (20) |
| 2008–2009 | Rubin Kazan | 31 | (5) |
| 2009 | Irpin Horenychi (amateurs)[2] | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 425 | (145) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993–1995 | Ukraine U21 | 17 | (7) |
| 1992–2006[3] | Ukraine | 75 | (15) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2010 | Dynamo Kyiv (U21 assistant) | ||
| 2010 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2014 | Dynamo Kyiv (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Ukraine (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2017 | Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| 2017–2018 | Al-Ahli | ||
| 2018–2021 | Ferencváros | ||
| 2021– | Al-Ain | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Rebrov gained international fame as an attacking partner of Andriy Shevchenko at Dynamo Kyiv throughout the 1990s and as of August 2017 is the all-time top scorer of the Ukrainian Premier League together with Maksim Shatskikh.
From his debut in 1992, he was capped 75 times by Ukraine, scoring 15 goals. He played in the nation's first-ever World Cup, in 2006.
He finished his career as a professional football player in 2009, after which he worked as a coach. In 2014 he held the position of acting head coach at Dynamo Kyiv, and for the next three years he was head coach.[5] He was the first to win the Ukrainian Cup as a player and coach.[6]
Club career
Rebrov was bornRebrov was born in Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast. He joined Shakhtar Donetsk as a youth in 1990. In his debut 1991 season, then a 17-year-old, he scored two goals in seven games in the USSR Premier League. In his second season, playing in the newly established Ukrainian Premier League, he became a joint 3rd goalscorer, catching the eye of Dynamo Kyiv scouts.
Dynamo Kyiv
Rebrov moved to Dynamo Kyiv in August 1992 and has since become the highest all-time scorer in the Ukrainian Premier League. His total tally in the league with Shakhtar and Dynamo is 123 goals in 261 games.
He scored several key goals in European competitions, notably in the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons of the UEFA Champions League, including a famous goal against Barcelona from a tight angle. Dynamo reached the Champions League semi-final in 1999 but lost to Bayern Munich on aggregate. In the 1999–2000 season, Rebrov became a joint top scorer in the UEFA Champions League with 10 goals (including 2 goals in qualification games) as Dynamo progressed to the last sixteen before going out on head-to-head record against Real Madrid.
England
On 17 May 2000, he was transferred to Tottenham Hotspur for £11 million,[7] where he managed a modest return of 9 goals in 29 games over his first Premier League season, appearing to struggle to adjust to the different style of play in England. Things grew worse for Rebrov after the sacking of George Graham in March 2001, as he was frozen out by new manager Glenn Hoddle, with extremely few first-team starts or substitute appearances. In search of first-team football, Rebrov spent two consecutive loan spells to Fenerbahçe.[8] In his second season there, alongside new signing Pierre van Hooijdonk he helped lead Fenerbahçe to its 15th title.[9]
Subsequently, Rebrov signed a one-year contract with West Ham United in the Championship after his contract with Tottenham expired.[10] He scored just once in the league for West Ham, the winner in a 3–2 win over Watford on 27 November 2004.[11] He also scored once in the League Cup against Notts County.[12]
Return to Dynamo Kyiv
On 1 June 2005, Rebrov became a free agent after declining to re-sign and two days later he signed a new two-year contract with Dynamo Kyiv, with the option of a one-year extension. In the new 2005–06 season, Rebrov became Dynamo's top scorer with 13 goals, two behind league joint top scorers Brandão and Okoduwa, despite playing in midfield. Rebrov also topped the league in points, with goals and assists – and was named player of the season according to a poll of team managers and captains.
In July 2007, Rebrov became Dynamo's captain. In the 2007–08 season, he was mostly benched, starting only seven out of eighteen matches before the winter break. His contribution in some games was heavily criticised by the press. It was reported that Rebrov could move to Arsenal Kyiv during the transfer window. However, under new manager Yuri Semin, Rebrov started all games and was named best player at the close season Channel One Cup. In February 2008, Dynamo president Ihor Surkis stated that the club was planning talks with Rebrov with a view of extending his contract.[13] Shortly thereafter, Rebrov received an offer of a two-year contract from Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan.
Rubin Kazan
On 3 March 2008, Dynamo announced that Rebrov had signed a two-year contract with Rubin Kazan and would join the new club at the end of the season, in summer 2008.[14] With the Russian season starting in spring, Rubin eventually agreed to a $1 million compensation with Dynamo for Rebrov's early release from his contract.[15] He was part of the team that won the 2008 Russian Premier League for the first time in Rubin's history, playing in midfield in 24 out of his team's 30 league matches and scoring 5 goals.
Retirement
Rebrov's retirement was announced on 20 July 2009. At the same time, he became an assistant manager at the Dynamo Kyiv reserves team.[16] During his career, he played in various European Leagues with 423 games recorded and 145 goals netted. His career achievements resulted in him being inducted into the Viktor Leonenko Hall of Fame in March 2012.
In August 2009 Rebrov made a brief return to football, by joining amateur club FC Irpin Horenychi from the Kyiv suburbs. He took part in the 2009-10 Ukrainian Cup where Irpin lost to FC Volyn Lutsk.[17][18] In the fall of the same year, Rebrov also played a couple of games for Irpin in Mykolaiv Oblast in the 2009 Amateur League.[19][20][21]
Managerial career
On 17 April 2014, Rebrov was named caretaker manager of Dynamo Kyiv. On 19 May, after the victory in the Ukrainian cup, he was named manager.
Dynamo Kyiv
During Rebrov's reign as manager, Dynamo Kyiv went on to win two Ukrainian Premier League titles, two Ukrainian Cup titles, one Ukrainian Super Cup. In the 2015–16 season, the team also progressed past the group stages of the UEFA Champions League for the first time in over 15 years, into the knockout rounds. The season before Rebrov lead Dynamo Kyiv in a successful 2014–15 UEFA Europa League campaign, which included a memorable 5–2 win over Everton in the Round of 16-second leg. Rebrov confirmed his resignation as manager on 31 May 2017 following his contract expiry, after the club's final game of the season, against Chornomorets Odessa.[22]
Al Ahli Saudi FC
Rebrov soon returned to management and in June 2017, Rebrov was named manager of Saudi Arabia side Al Ahli. He managed there for one season, until he was eventually sacked for failing to win the league. [23]
Ferencváros
On 22 August 2018, Rebrov was named manager of Hungarian side Ferencváros after the club failed to qualify for the UEFA Europa League.[24]
On 29 September 2020, Rebrov guided Ferencváros into the Champions League group stage for the first time in a quarter of a century after beating Molde FK. The Green Eagles beat Djurgårdens IF, Celtic F.C. and Dinamo Zagreb in the previous three rounds of qualification to set up a meeting with the Norwegian champions. After a 3–3 draw in Norway in the first leg, Ferencváros held out for a 0–0 draw in Budapest in the second leg, which meant a victory on away goals and thus qualification to the promised land of the group stage was secured for the first time in 25 years.
On 4 June 2021, Ferencváros announced his resignation as coach of the club, thanking him for his contribution to winning three consecutive league titles and for reaching the club both to the UEFA Europa League group stage, in 2019, and to the Champions League group stage, in the following year.[25]
Al-Ain
On 7 June 2021, Al Ain FC from the United Arab Emirates announced his appointment as manager.[26]
International career
Rebrov scored Ukraine's first-ever World Cup goal in their opening 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification group 9 match in 1996, against Northern Ireland. The match in Belfast finished 1–0 thanks to Rebrov's contribution. Ukraine finished 2nd in the group behind Germany, with Rebrov again scoring the winner in another 1–0 victory away to Albania in March 1997, and at home to the same team in August. His three goals helped his team into the playoffs, where they lost 3–1 on aggregate to Croatia.
Rebrov's club exploits earned him a recall to the national team and a ticket to the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, where he scored a long-range shot against Saudi Arabia as Ukraine progressed to the quarterfinals before going down to Italy.
At the time of his retirement on 20 July 2009, he was the fourth most capped player in the Ukrainian national team's history having represented his country 75 times and was their second all-time scorer with 15 goals.
Personal life
Rebrov is a licensed amateur radio operator and an active contester and has been active with the following callsigns: UT5UDX (Ukraine), M0SDX (England), TA2ZF (Turkey) and UT0U(Ukrainian contest-callsign). Most recent call is 5B4AMM (Cyprus).[27]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1991 | Soviet Top League | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 10 | 3 | ||
| 1992 | Vyshcha Liha | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | – | – | 25 | 11 | |||
| Total | 26 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 14 | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1992–93 | Vyshcha Liha | 23 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 31 | 7 | |
| 1993–94 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 13 | 3 | |||
| 1994–95 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | – | 37 | 10 | |||
| 1995–96 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 38 | 10 | |||
| 1996–97 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 35 | 20 | |||
| 1997–98 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | – | 48 | 37 | |||
| 1998–99 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | – | 41 | 22 | |||
| 1999–2000 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | – | 40 | 30 | |||
| Total | 189 | 93 | 35 | 18 | 59 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 283 | 139 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2000–01 | Premier League | 29 | 9 | 5 | 3 | – | 2 | 0 | 36 | 12 | |
| 2001–02 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | 39 | 3 | |||
| Total | 59 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 75 | 15 | ||
| Fenerbahçe | 2002–03 | Süper Lig | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | 13 | 2 | |||
| 2003–04 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 30 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 5 | ||
| West Ham United | 2004–05 | Championship | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | 33 | 2 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2005–06 | Vyshcha Liha | 27 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 14 |
| 2006–07 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | ||
| 2007–08 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 16 | 2 | |||
| Total | 53 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 77 | 24 | ||
| Rubin Kazan | 2008 | Russian Premier League | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 5 | ||
| 2009 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | ||
| Irpin Horenychi[2][28] | 2009 | Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 425 | 145 | 68 | 25 | 72 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 580 | 204 | ||
- Includes Super Cup, League Cup
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1996 | 5 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 10 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 5 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 10 | 4 | |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 7 | 1 | |
| Career total | 75 | 15 | |
- Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rebrov goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 August 1996 | Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Northern Ireland | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 23 March 1997 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine |  Moldova | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 29 March 1997 | Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Albania | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 20 August 1997 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine | Albania | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 19 August 1998 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Georgia | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 6 | 2–0 | |||||
| 7 | 5 September 1998 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine |  Russia | 3–1 | 3–2 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 8 | 10 October 1998 | Camp d’Esports d’Aixovall, Aixovall, Andorra |  Andorra | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 9 | 5 June 1999 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine | Andorra | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 10 | 18 August 1999 | Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine |  Bulgaria | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 11 | 8 September 1999 | Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland |  Iceland | 1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 12 | 17 November 1999 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine |  Slovenia | 1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying |
| 13 | 17 April 2002 | Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine | Georgia | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 14 | 17 August 2005 | Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Serbia and Montenegro | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 15 | 19 June 2006 | AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany |  Saudi Arabia | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
Managerial statistics
- As of match updated 22 October 2022
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
 Dynamo Kyiv |
17 April 2014 | 31 May 2017 | 137 | 94 | 20 | 23 | 68.61 |
| Al-Ahli |
1 June 2017 | 19 April 2018 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 60.53 |
 Ferencváros |
22 August 2018 | 9 May 2021 | 132 | 82 | 30 | 20 | 62.12 |
 Al Ain |
6 June 2021 | present | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 61.90 |
| Total | 349 | 225 | 69 | 55 | 64.47 | ||
Honours
Player
Dynamo Kyiv
- Vyshcha Liha (9): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2006–07
- Ukrainian Cup (7): 1992–93, 1995–96, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2005–06, 2006–07
- Ukrainian Super Cup: 2006
Fenerbahçe
- Süper Lig: 2003–04
West Ham United
- Football League Championship play-offs: 2005
Rubin Kazan
- Russian Premier League: 2008, 2009
Manager
Dynamo Kyiv
- Ukrainian Premier League: 2014–15, 2015–16
- Ukrainian Cup: 2013–14, 2014–15
- Ukrainian Super Cup: 2016
Ferencváros
- Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Al Ain
- UAE Pro League: 2021–22
- UAE League Cup: 2021–22
Individual
- Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: 1996, 1998
- Ukrainian Premier League Player of the Season: 1996, 1998, 1999
- Ukrainian Premier League top scorer: 1997–98
- Ukrainian Premier League Joint All-Time top scorer (alongside Maksim Shatskikh): 123 goals in 261 matches
- Channel One Cup - Player of tournament 2008
- Ferencváros Manager of the Decade: 2020[29]
- UAE Pro League Manager of the Month: August 2021, September 2021, October 2021, November 2021, December 2021, January 2022, February 2022, March 2022
References
- "Serhiy Rebrov: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- Serhiy Rebrov at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- "Serhiy Rebrov - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- "Ребров Сергій Станіславович" [Rebrov Serhiy Stanislavovych] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- "Sergiy Rebrov is a new head coach of Dynamo".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Шовковський і Ребров встановили рекорди Кубка України". ТСН.ua (in Ukrainian). 16 May 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- Thorpe, Martin (17 May 2000). "Spurs smash record as they land £11m Rebrov". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
- Brennan, Dan (13 January 2003). "Rebrov to leave Spurs at last". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- "2003–2004 1.Süper Lig". angelfire.com. 17 June 2007. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- "Hammers sign Rebrov". BBC Sport. 27 July 2004. Retrieved 1 March 2008.
- "West Ham 3-2 Watford". BBC. 27 November 2004. Retrieved 4 September 2009.
- "West Ham 3-2 Notts County". BBC. 21 September 2004. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- "Dynamo will extend Rebrov's contract". Dynamomania. 2 February 2008. Archived from the original on 7 February 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
- "Serhiy Rebrov will move to Rubin". Dynamo Kyiv official site. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
- "Rebrov is moving to Kazan". Dynamo Kyiv official site. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
- "Serhiy Rebrov starts coaching career". Dynamo Kyiv official site. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
- Serhiy Rebrov: I retired just in time (Сергей Ребров: "Вовремя я закончил"). UA-Football. 7 August 2009
- Ex-stars of "Dynamo" headed by Rebrov lost in the Ukrainian Cup (Екс-зірки "Динамо" на чолі з Ребровим програли в Кубку України). Hazeta po-ukrayinski. 7 August 2009
- 2009 Irpin Horenychi roster. Football Federation of Ukraine.
- 2009 Amateur League. Football Federation of Ukraine.
- Oleksiy Komarovskyi. Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi: We respect everyone and of nobody we are afraid (Анатолій БЕЗСМЕРТНИЙ: «Всіх поважаємо і нікого не боїмося»). Sport.ua. 17 August 2010
- "ESPNFC: Soccer Rebrov named Dynamo Kiev manager".
- "Al Ahli sack Rebrov and replace him with al Jabal". 19 April 2018.
- "Hungary's Ferencvaros names Rebrov as manager to replace Doll". Reuters.com. 22 August 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- "Sergei Rebrov leaves Fradi". Fradi.hu. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- "Al Ain appoint former Tottenham Hotspur striker Sergei Rebrov as manager". theNationalNews.com. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- "News - QRZ Israel HAM radio portal". www.qrz.co.il.
- Irpin Horenychi roster for 2009 season. Football Federation of Ukraine website
- Ребров признан Тренером десятилетия в Ференцвароше
External links
- Serhiy Rebrov at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Serhiy Rebrov at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Profile at Dynamo Kyiv official website (fcdynamo.kiev.ua)
- Profile at Football Ukraine website (fanatukr.com)
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