Footballer Alexei Mikhailichenko: biography and family

He is one of the brightest personalities of the main staff of the Dynamo football team. Alexey Mikhaylichenko is remembered by fans. His game on the field was beautiful and thoughtful. Thanks to the blonde midfielder, scores of goals were scored in the opponent's goal. What was the life of this player?

Little Lesha and his childhood dreams

In the Soviet family of workers named Mikhailichenko in 1963, on March 30, a boy was born, who was named Aleshenka. The kid grew up, and no one then suspected that very soon he would become famous throughout the USSR, and a little later the world would learn about him. Lesch was the most ordinary child. A boy from childhood was fond of football. In the courtyard, walking with his peers, he played the ball on the grass for hours and tried to repeat the stunts of the then famous football players Alexei Mikhailichenko on TV. Matveyevich - as he called the professional football player Bobal Matvey - for the boy was the standard. Parents, noticing the son's desire for sport, encouraged this and in every way contributed to the development of talent. And, when Lesha celebrated his first 10th anniversary, they took him to a children's sports school.

The first coaches of a young football player

Once in the DUSH "Dynamo", the boy zealously began to train. His first coach E. Kotelnikov really liked the teenager. The mentor was demanding and fair, and all his pupils were the same and equal before him. He did not share the wards with the main players and the secondary players. Even the T-shirts during training, all the boys were with the numbers of the main staff.

Alexei Mikhailichenko was trained by Kotelnikov not for long. Evgeny Petrovich was transferred to a new position, and in his place came a new coach A. Byshovets. Alexei's external data was not entirely suitable for a football player. Despite training, he remained frail and too thin. Although he worked hard, he did not differ in speed during the game. He was often expelled from the field for errors and forbidden to play. Alexei tried to take into account all the requirements and corrected. With each training his game was better and better. The coach noticed how the pupil tries, and felt in Aleksey the talent of the football player, but did not say praise aloud. Anatoly Fedorovich for eight years schooled Mikhailichenko and turned into an excellent football player.

As part of the team of white and blue Dynamo

It was not an easy task to get into the main team, but also in the backup team of the Dynamo team. Although at the age of 18 Mikhailichenko played pretty well on the field and proved himself to be an excellent football player, he was enlisted in the reserve players' team. And on the bench he spent more than 5 years. Secondary, however, did not break the player. Patiently waited for him to get a chance to prove that he was worthy to play in the first team, Alexei Mikhailichenko. His biography at the time was not interesting. And the fans of their hero did not know.

The footballer himself, realizing that Lobanovsky's training was incredibly difficult, worked hard on himself and corrected his physical form. Lesch did not know that the superstitious trainer had noticed his pupil for a long time, noting his style of play, and he thought about including him in the first command structure. Valery Vasilievich believed that the success of "Dynamo" is guaranteed if the field is played by a red-haired football player.

Good luck in 1988

1988 Alexey Mikhailichenko considers the beginning of his career and the date when he won the hearts of football fans (and not only them) with his professionalism and a beautiful game in the USSR national team. The game behind the game, match for the match, the football player demonstrated excellent work. In the same year, he receives a gold medal in Seoul, participating in the Olympics, silver at the European Championships and, finally, the title of the most professional football player of the USSR.

At once Alexei began to invite various European clubs. But Mikhailichenko, responding to the request of coach Lobanovsky, continued to play in the "Dynamo" a couple of years.

Having played two seasons, Alexei Mikhailichenko decided that it was time to show off in the Italian Serie A.

Midfielder Mikhailichenko and European football clubs

In 1990, Mikhailichenko was supposed to play at the World Cup. But because of the injury, he never went on the field. As it turned out, he was already waited in Italy. So, without saying goodbye to the Dynamo, he flew to Genoa to join the squad of the Italian "Sampdoria".

In Italy, he lived unhappily. Firstly, he did not know the language, which deprived him of all communication. It was especially difficult in training. Secondly, the new team did not recognize him. More precisely, he did not like the group of leaders of "Sampdoria". In one interview, the footballer himself admitted that there was no conflict, but the relationship was very strained.

The only season in which Alexei took part was very successful. Italians beat very strong football teams, giving only one point to Juventus, and deservedly received the championship.

Did not like the Italian coaches style, which played Alexei Mikhailichenko. The football player should, in their opinion, work on the field not rationally, as Lobanovsky taught him, but as a creator, an artist, showing beautiful tricks and maneuvers with the ball.

Not having received a confession in Samp, the midfielder responds to an invitation to play in the Rangers and moves to Scotland. He signs a contract for 4 years and becomes a player of the Scottish team.

About the years spent in Glasgow, Alexei Mikhailichenko, a footballer from Ukraine, remembers with warmth. He was comfortable playing and living in this country. Literally from the first match, he conquered the hearts of reserved Scots. On the field, he showed a real game, than pleased football fans. His rationalism was very popular with the coaches of the Rangers. As a result, after the expiration of the contract, the player was offered to extend the cooperation for another year.

During the game in the Scottish club Alexei Alexandrovich Mikhailichenko suffered many injuries and surgeries. He understood that his physical condition was completely bad. And after 5 years of partnership, he declares that he is completing his playing career.

Coaching Mikhailichenko

Long before Alexey Mikhailichenko conquered the fans and European football champions with his game, he admitted in an interview that he always dreamed of becoming a coach.

After the announcement of the completion of the playing career, the football player returned to his native Kiev. Here he meets with Valery Lobanovsky, who invites his student to try to work as an assistant coach in his native Dynamo. Alexei Mikhailichenko - football player in the past - was glad of such a proposal and immediately agreed.

And began his coaching career with the "white-blue" players. He learned a lot from his mentor Valery Lobanovsky for 5 years of joint work. The trouble came unexpectedly. The head coach of Dynamo has died. For Mikhailichenko, as for all the Dynamo, it was a great blow. Shocked by this, the guys could not adequately perform at the national championship and win it, giving way to the Donetsk Shakhtar. Everyone was experiencing the bitterness of loss.

Head coach of Dynamo and the collapse of the coaching career

Surkis, becoming president of the Ukrainian football team, appointed Mikhailichenko the head coach. Two seasons, he held on, and in the third he failed. It was after this that the leadership of the team passed into the hands of Jozsef Szabo. Mikhailichenko also began to coach the youth team of Ukraine. His pupils currently play in the first team of the Dynamo football team.

Family and personal life

Inna's wife was his childhood friend. With it, he met when he was 13 years old. Young people did not notice how childhood friendship developed into a great feeling. Has made the offer of the beloved at 19 years old Alexey Mikhailichenko. The family replenished a year later. The couple is born a first-born, who was named after his father - Alyosha. In childhood, the kid showed interest in sports and football, but, after growing up, he started on another road. The famous football player and coach in 2004, the second son was born. But he still does not think about a career and studies in an ordinary school.