18:08  ,  July 23, 2020

Mirca Lucescu becomes FC Dynamo Kyiv's new manager

Three days after dismissing its 57-year-old Ukrainian manager Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko, Ukraine’s FC Dynamo Kyiv has appointed Romanian football manager and former player Mircea Lucescu to be the team’s manager, the football club’s press service reports.

Lucescu, 74, has signed a two-year contract with FC Dynamo Kyiv, with an opportunity to extend the contract for another year.

Lucescu, who was manager of FC Shakhtar Donetsk from 2004 until 2016, stopped coaching after coaching the Turkish national football team.

Dynamo Kyiv won second place during the championship that ended in Ukraine.

Follow NEWS.am SPORT on Facebook, Twitter and Telegram