Name Vasyl Ishchak Role Footballer | Years Team Height 1.78 m 1974 SC Lutsk | |
Full name Vasyl Yevhenovych Ishchak Date of birth (1955-04-05) 5 April 1955 (age 60) | ||
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Vasyl Ishchak (Ukrainian: Василь Євгенович Іщак; born 5 April 1955 in Dubie) is a retired Ukrainian professional footballer and currently is the head coach of Toronto Atomic FC in the Canadian Soccer League.
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Ishchak is married to Odessa-born ballerina Tatiana Stepanova.
Playing career
Ishchak began his career with SC Lutsk. After playing in reserve matches for SKA Lviv he signed with FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk of the Soviet Second League. In 1977, he signed with FC Chornomorets Odesa of the Soviet Top League. During his tenure with Odessa he played 4 games in the UEFA Cup 1990–91. He also won a USSR Federation Cup. In 1990, he went to Hungary to play BVSC Budapest FC, and played in amateur leagues with FC Blaho Blahoyeve. In 1994, he went overseas to Canada to sign with Toronto Italia of the Canadian National Soccer League.
After his retirement from competitive football he coached the youth teams of Chornomorets Odesa. In 2015, he was appointed head coach to Toronto Atomic FC of the Canadian Soccer League. He was awarded the CSL Coach of the Year in 2015. In 2016, Toronto Atomic extended his contract.