Hryhoriy Ishchenko (Ukrainian: Григорій Андрійович Іщенко; 29 July 1946) is a former professional Soviet football defender and later Soviet and Ukrainian coach.

Hryhoriy Ishchenko
Personal information
Full name Hryhoriy Andriyovych Ishchenko
Date of birth (1946-07-29) 29 July 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth Kirovohrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1965 FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya 8 (3)
1965–1967 FC Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
1968 FC Zirka Kirovohrad 20 (0)
1969 FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody
1969–1971 FC Shakhtar Kadiivka 20+ (4+)
1972–1973 FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi ? (18)
1973–1976 FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 102 (9)
Managerial career
1977–1979 FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv (academy)
1979–1982 FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
1982 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi
1983–1985 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi (ass't)
1985 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi
1987 FC Zirka Kirovohrad
1991–1992 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi
1993 FC Karpaty Mukacheve
1994 FC Advis Khmelnytskyi
1996–1997 FC Polissya Zhytomyr
1997–2003 FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (ass't)
1998 FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (interim)
1999 FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (interim)
2003 FC Nyva Vinnytsia (ass't)
2003–2004 MFC Mykolaiv (ass't)
2004–2005 MFC Mykolaiv
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Starting at the sports school in Kropyvnytskyi (at that time Kirovohrad),[1] over his playing career Ishchenko played for Soviet lower leagues' clubs. After becoming a head coach, Ishchenko managed quite few professional clubs in Ukraine.

Ishchenko's son Ihor Ishchenko is a former Ukrainian football referee.

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