Andriy Pavelko
Andriy Pavelko | |
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Андрій Васильович Павелко | |
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People's Deputy of Ukraine | |
7th convocation | |
In office 12 December 2012 – 22 October 2013 | |
Constituency | Batkivshchyna, No.29[1] |
8th convocation | |
Assumed office 27 November 2014 | |
Constituency | Petro Poroshenko Bloc, No.33[2] |
Personal details | |
Born | Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR | 7 October 1975
Andriy Pavelko (Ukrainian: Андрій Васильович Павелко; born 7 October 1975) is a Ukrainian politician and sports functionary.
On 6 March 2015, he was elected as president of the Football Federation of Ukraine and officially replaced Anatoliy Konkov. Pavelko was already in charge as its acting president since 23 January 2015. In May 2019, he changed the federation's name to "Ukrainian Association of Football".
Achievement[]
During the period of the leadership of the Ukrainian Football Association Andriy Pavelko, a number of positive developments have taken place in national football. According to Andriy Pavelko, 2019 has become the brightest in the history of Ukrainian football.[3] Last year became unique in the biography of the national team of Ukraine: no defeat in 10 matches, including - in eight matches of the Euro 2020 qualifying cycle.[4] The Ukrainian national team triumphantly reached the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship.[5] In addition, the U-20 youth team, led by Alexander Petrakov, won the World Cup.[6]
Anti-corruption law[]
While serving as Ukrainian MP, Pavelko initiated law No.743-VIII "On the prevention of corruption offences influence on the results of sporting competitions". The Parliament passed the law in November 2015.[7]
References[]
- ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the I convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the II convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ^ "Андрій Павелко: "2019 рік став найяскравішим в історії українського футболу" - Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу". ffu.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "2019: підсумки року для національної збірної України - Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу". ffu.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "До Шевы такого не было за всю историю: Украина впервые вышла в финальную часть Евро напрямую". www.segodnya.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Збірна України U-20 — чемпіон світу 2019 року! - Офіційний сайт Української ас��ціацїї футболу". ffu.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
External links[]
- Profile at the Football Federation of Ukraine
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Politicians from Dnipro
- Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University alumni
- Oles Honchar Dnipro National University alumni
- Front for Change (Ukraine) politicians
- All-Ukrainian Union "Democrats" politicians
- Independent politicians of Batkivshchyna
- Petro Poroshenko Bloc politicians
- Football Federation of Ukraine chairmen
- 21st-century Ukrainian politicians