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Vasyl Ishchak
Ukrainian footballer and manager From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vasyl Yevhenovych Ishchak (Ukrainian: Василь Євгенович Іщак; born 5 April 1955) is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer and manager who coaches FC Ukraine United.
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Club career
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Early career
Ishchak's football career began in the Lviv region with Sokol Lviv in 1972.[1] After two seasons in his native region, he joined SC Lutsk while serving in the army.[2] In 1976, he continued his professional career with Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk in the Soviet Second League.[1]
Odesa
He began playing in the country's top-tier league in 1977 with Chornomorets Odesa.[3] Throughout his lengthy tenure with Odesa, he managed to play in two continental tournaments.[1] His first international tournament was in the 1985–86 UEFA Cup.[3] After the 1986 season, the club was relegated to the Soviet First League and managed to secure a promotion by winning the league title.[2][1] His next European tournament occurred in the UEFA Cup 1990–91.[1] Ishchak's final piece of silverware won with Odesa was the USSR Federation Cup where they defeated Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk.[4]
Hungary
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he ventured abroad to play in the Hungarian top-tier league with BVSC Budapest FC.[1] Following his two-year stint in Hungary, he returned to Ukraine to play with FC Blaho Blahoyeve.[1] He made 14 appearances with Blaho in the national amateur league.[5]
Canada
Ishchak emigrated to Canada in 1994 and played in the Southern Ontario-based Canadian National Soccer League with Toronto Italia.[6][1] In his debut season, he helped Toronto win the regular season title.[7] The Italians would also win the league championship by defeating St. Catharines Roma in the postseason finals.[8]
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Managerial career
After he retired from professional football, he coached the youth teams of his former club Chornomorets Odesa.[9]
Ishchak returned to Canada in the summer of 2015, as the head coach for Toronto Atomic's reserve team in the second division of the Canadian Soccer League.[10] Midway through the season, he was elevated to the senior team to replace Ihor Yavorskyi as the head coach.[11][12] He led the team to a playoff berth by finishing fifth in the league's first division.[13][14] Toronto was eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs, by SC Waterloo Region.[15] Once the season concluded the league named him the division's coach of the year.[16][17]
In 2016, Toronto Atomic extended his contract.[18][19] Ishchak secured another postseason berth for Toronto by finishing fifth in the division.[20] The Serbian White Eagles eliminated Toronto in the quarterfinal round.[21]
In 2018, he managed Unionville Milliken SC.[22]
Ishchak joined the coaching staff of Ukraine United in the Ontario Soccer League in 2024.[23]
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Personal life
Ishchak is married to Odesa-born ballerina Tatiana Stepanova.[1]
Honours
Player
Chornomorets Odesa
Toronto Italia
- Canadian National Soccer League Championship: 1994[8]
- Canadian National Soccer League Regular Season: 1994[7]
Manager
Individual
References
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