Anatoliy Ivanovych Volobuyev (Ukrainian: Анатолій Іванович Волобуєв; born 16 June 1953) is a Ukrainian former football player, and a head-coach of couple Ukrainian teams in the Premier and First leagues. He holds a record for the most games managed a club in Persha Liha (Ukrainian First League).[1]
Playing career
Volobyuev started to play football back in 1964. His first coach was Mykola Haribov.[2] His playing career began in 1969 when he was training with the main city team (Kommunarets). It was until the next year when he was actively involved in the team playing for it in Class B (Soviet Second League) competitions. In 1971 when Class B was phasing away, Volobuyev moved to Shakhtar Kadiyivka. His military obligation, he served by playing in SKA Kiev in 1973–1975.
In 1976 Volobuyev joined the newly formed football team Kolos Mezhyrich (near Pavlohrad) which represented the local collective farm named after the 22nd Party Congress. After few seasons he moved to the Georgian SSR where he played for teams from western Georgia. In 1983 at age of 30, Volobuyev was forced to retire due to his injury of meniscus.
Coaching career
Soon after his retirement Volobuyev became physical fitness (physical culture) instructor at the "Kommunarskstroy" (a Soviet "trust" company).[2] In 1983, in Alchevsk (at that time Kommunarsk) was created second football team (after Kommunarets) Budivelnyk (Stroitel).[2][3] In 1986 Volobuyev graduated the University of Luhansk as a teacher of physical fitness. In 1989 the original factory team Kommunarets of Alchevsk Metallurgical Complex was disbanded and the factory adopted Stroitel which changed its name to Stal.[2] For most of his career, Volobuyev was involved with Stal Alchevsk from 1988.[4] He led the team from city competitions to a professional football club which reached the Ukrainian Premier League.[2]
