Ivan Korponai

Ivan Korponay
Personal information
Full name Ivan Tyberiyovych Korponay
Date of birth (1969-02-13) 13 February 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Rakoshyno, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 36 (2)
1990–1992 Kremin Kremenchuk 45 (9)
1992 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 15 (6)
1993–1994 Nyva Ternopil 37 (6)
1994–1996 Kremin Kremenchuk 59 (22)
1996–1999 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 31 (6)
1997–1998Mykolaiv (loan) 27 (8)
1998Nyva Vinnytsia (loan) 18 (6)
1999 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 1 (0)
2000 Chornomorets Odesa 4 (0)
2000Chornomorets-2 Odesa 2 (0)
2002 Atyrau 14 (3)
2003 Uholyok Dymytrov 3 (0)
2004 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 1 (0)
Total 293 (68)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivan Tyberiyovych Korponay (Ukrainian: Іван Тиберійович Корпонай; born 13 February 1969) is a Ukrainian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Playing career

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Korponay was born in Rakoshyno, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine). From an early age, he was involved with football.[1] His first team was Zakarpattia Uzhhorod. He then joined his brother Adalbert at Kremin Kremenchuk. On 7 March 1992, Korponay became Kremin Kremenchuk's first-ever goalscorer in the Vyshcha Liha, then the Ukrainian top flight.[2] He was also the team's top scorer for the season with 7 goals.[3]

Managing career

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After retiring as a player, Ivan coached youth teams in Zakarpattia Oblast with his older brother Tyberiy. By 2021, however, he was no longer involved with football.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kuzmiak, Liubomyr (17 December 2021). "Тріо братів у Вищій лізі: сімейний відбір м'яча, інтерес Динамо та умисна помилка заради брата" [A trio of brothers in the Major League: family selection of the ball, the interest of Dynamo and a deliberate mistake for the sake of the brother]. football24.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Протокол" [Match Protocol]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Чемпіонат України з футболу 1992: вища ліга" [1992 Vyshcha Liha]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 21 October 2014.
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