Serhiy Rebrov

Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov (Сергій Станіславович Ребров; born 3 June 1974) is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker.

He is currently the manager of Ukraine.

Rebrov gained international fame as an attacking partner of Andriy Shevchenko at Dynamo Kyiv throughout the 1990s and as of August 2017 is the all-time top scorer of the Ukrainian Premier League together with Maksim Shatskikh.

He joined Shakhtar Donetsk as a youth in 1990.

In his debut 1991 season, then a 17-year-old, he scored two goals in seven games in the USSR Premier League.

In his second season, playing in the newly established Ukrainian Premier League, he became a joint 3rd goalscorer, catching the eye of Dynamo Kyiv scouts.

He debuted for Ukraine in 1992, playing 75 times for the national team, scoring 15 goals.

Rebrov moved to Dynamo Kyiv in August 1992 and has since become the highest all-time scorer in the Ukrainian Premier League.

His total tally in the league with Shakhtar and Dynamo is 123 goals in 261 games.

He scored several key goals in European competitions, notably in the 1997–98 and 1998–99 seasons of the UEFA Champions League, including a famous goal against Barcelona from a tight angle.

Dynamo reached the Champions League semi-final in 1999, but lost to Bayern Munich on aggregate.

In the 1999–2000 season, Rebrov became a joint top scorer in the UEFA Champions League with ten goals (including two goals in qualification games) as Dynamo progressed to the last sixteen before going out on head-to-head record against Real Madrid.

On 17 May 2000, he was sold to Tottenham Hotspur for £11 million, where he managed a modest return of nine goals in 29 games over his first Premier League season, appearing to struggle to adjust to the different style of play in England.

Things grew worse for Rebrov after the sacking of George Graham in March 2001, as he was frozen out by new manager Glenn Hoddle, with extremely few first-team starts or substitute appearances.

In search of first-team football, Rebrov spent two consecutive loan spells at Fenerbahçe.

He scored just once in the league for West Ham, the winner in a 3–2 win over Watford on 27 November 2004.

He also scored once in the League Cup against Notts County.

On 1 June 2005, Rebrov became a free agent, after declining to re-sign; two days, later he signed a new two-year contract with Dynamo Kyiv, with the option of a one-year extension.

In the 2005–06 season, Rebrov became Dynamo's top scorer with 13 goals, two behind league joint top scorers Brandão and Okoduwa, despite playing in midfield.

Rebrov also topped the league in points, with goals and assists – and was named player of the season, according to a poll of team managers and captains.

He played in the nation's first-ever World Cup, in 2006.

In July 2007, Rebrov became Dynamo's captain.

In the 2007–08 season, he was mostly benched, starting only seven out of eighteen matches before the winter break.

His contribution in some games was heavily criticised by the press.

It was reported that Rebrov could move to Arsenal Kyiv during the transfer window.

However, under new manager Yuri Semin, Rebrov started all games and was named best player at the close season Channel One Cup.

In February 2008, Dynamo president Ihor Surkis stated that the club was planning talks with Rebrov, with a view to extending his contract.

Shortly thereafter, Rebrov received an offer of a two-year contract from Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan.

On 3 March 2008, Dynamo announced that Rebrov had signed a two-year contract with Rubin Kazan, and would join the new club at the end of the season, in the summer of 2008.

With the Russian season starting in spring, Rubin eventually agreed to a $1 million compensation with Dynamo for Rebrov's early release from his contract.

He was part of the team that won the 2008 Russian Premier League for the first time in Rubin's history, playing in midfield in 24 out of his team's 30 league matches, and scoring five goals.

He finished his career as a professional football player in 2009, after which he worked as a coach.

Rebrov's retirement was announced on 20 July 2009.

At the same time, he became an assistant manager at the Dynamo Kyiv reserves.

In 2014, he held the position of acting head coach at Dynamo Kyiv, and for the next three years he was head coach.

He was the first to win the Ukrainian Cup as a player and coach.

In his second season there, alongside new signing Pierre van Hooijdonk, he helped lead Fenerbahçe to its 15th title.

Subsequently, Rebrov signed a one-year contract with West Ham United in the Championship after his contract with Tottenham expired.

He also spent three seasons as manager of Hungarian side Ferencváros from 2018 to 2021.

Rebrov was born in Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast.