| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Unai Melgosa Zorrilla | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-01-11) 11 January 1976 (age 48) | ||
| Place of birth | Bilbao, Spain | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2004–2011 | Athletic Bilbao (youth) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Málaga (psychiatrist) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Athletic Bilbao (youth) | ||
| 2015–2017 | Dynamo Kyiv (U19) | ||
| 2017–2019 | Aspire Academy | ||
| 2019–2021 | Ferencváros (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2023 | Al Ain (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Ukraine (assistant) | ||
| 2023– | Ukraine U21 | ||
Unai Melgosa Zorrilla (born 11 January 1976) is a Spanish football manager who is the head coach of the Ukraine U21.
Career
Melgosa, who was born in Bilbao, was hired to local Athletic working with youth as a psychological coach. After 7 years, Melgosa for a season worked as a psychologist for Málaga and later returned to Athletic. In 2014 he left his home team.
From 2015 to 2017, he was the coach of the youth team of Dynamo Kyiv. Among his students were the future main players of the "white and blue" team - Mykola Shaparenko, Oleksandr Tymchyk, and Volodymyr Shepelev.
From 2017 to 2019, he worked at the Aspire Academy in Qatar, and in March 2019 he joined the coaching staff of Serhiy Rebrov in Hungarian Ferencváros. Later, together with Rebrov, he worked in the United Arab Emirates Al Ain FC.
After Serhiy Rebrov headed the Ukraine national team on 7 June 2023, Melgosa joined his staff, and already on 25 July, on the initiative of Rebrov, the Spanish specialist became the head coach of the Ukraine U21.
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 11 December 2023
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Ukraine u-21 | 
|
25 July 2023 | Present | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 083.33 |
| Career total | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 083.33 | |||
References
- Ткач, Олександр (28 June 2015). "Рауль та його команда. Гід з іспанських тренерів "Динамо"". ua.tribuna.com (in Russian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- "Унаї Мельгоса: біографія, кар'єра, статистика, фото | Dynamomania.com". dynamomania.com (in Russian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- "Після Євро-2023 молодіжну збірну України очолить іспанський помічник Реброва – ЗМІ". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- "Помічники Реброва продовжили контракти з чемпіоном Угорщини з футболу". ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 May 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- "Стали відомі фахівці, що ввійшли до тренерського штабу Сергія Реброва в збірній України". uaf.ua (in Ukrainian). Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Молодіжна збірна України офіційно отримала нового головного тренера". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 25 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- "Офіційно. Рішення Виконкому Української асоціації футболу". uaf.ua (in Ukrainian). Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
External links
| Ukraine national under-21 football team – head coaches | |
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bilbao
- Spanish football managers
- Athletic Bilbao non-playing staff
- Málaga CF non-playing staff
- Ukraine national under-21 football team managers
- Dynamo Kyiv Football Academy managers
- Spanish expatriate football managers
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Expatriate football managers in Ukraine