Ivan Korponai

Ivan Korponay
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Tyberiyovych Korponay
Date of birth	13 February 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth	Rakoshyno, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
1990–1992	Kremin Kremenchuk
1992	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
1993–1994	Nyva Ternopil
1994–1996	Kremin Kremenchuk
1996–1999	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
1997–1998	→ Mykolaiv (loan)
1998	→ Nyva Vinnytsia (loan)
1999	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
2000	Chornomorets Odesa
2000	→ Chornomorets-2 Odesa
2002	Atyrau
2003	Uholyok Dymytrov
2004	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivan Tyberiyovych Korponay (Ukrainian: Іван Тиберійович Корпонай; born 13 February 1969) is a Ukrainian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Playing career

Korponay was born in Rakoshyno, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine). From an early age, he was involved with football.^[1] His first team was Zakarpattia Uzhhorod. He then joined his brother Adalbert at Kremin Kremenchuk. On 7 March 1992, Korponay became Kremin Kremenchuk's first-ever goalscorer in the Vyshcha Liha, then the Ukrainian top flight.^[2] He was also the team's top scorer for the season with 7 goals.^[3]

Managing career

After retiring as a player, Ivan coached youth teams in Zakarpattia Oblast with his older brother Tyberiy. By 2021, however, he was no longer involved with football.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Kuzmiak, Liubomyr (17 December 2021). "Тріо братів у Вищій лізі: сімейний відбір м'яча, інтерес Динамо та умисна помилка заради брата" [A trio of brothers in the Major League: family selection of the ball, the interest of Dynamo and a deliberate mistake for the sake of the brother]. football24.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
^ "Протокол" [Match Protocol]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
^ "Чемпіонат України з футболу 1992: вища ліга" [1992 Vyshcha Liha]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 21 October 2014.

External links

Ivan Korponai at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
Ivan Korponai at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)

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[f24-1] Kuzmiak, Liubomyr (17 December 2021). "Тріо братів у Вищій лізі: сімейний відбір м'яча, інтерес Динамо та умисна помилка заради брата" [A trio of brothers in the Major League: family selection of the ball, the interest of Dynamo and a deliberate mistake for the sake of the brother]. football24.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 31 March 2023.

[2] "Протокол" [Match Protocol]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.

[3] "Чемпіонат України з футболу 1992: вища ліга" [1992 Vyshcha Liha]. Ukrainian Association of Football (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 21 October 2014.

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