Andriy Pavelko

Andriy Pavelko (Ukrainian: Андрій Васильович Павелко; born 7 October 1975) is a Ukrainian politician and sports functionary.

Andriy Pavelko
Андрій Васильович Павелко
People's Deputy of Ukraine
7th convocation
In office
12 December 2012 – 22 October 2013
ConstituencyBatkivshchyna, No.29[1]
8th convocation
Assumed office
27 November 2014
ConstituencyPetro Poroshenko Bloc, No.33[2]
Personal details
Born (1975-10-07) 7 October 1975
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR

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".

Career

1993–1994 — Technician at the Dnipropetrovsk information computer center

1995–1997 — Director, «Stroidniproservis» Closed Joint-Stock Company, Dnipro

1997–1998 — Deputy director at «Dnipromain», Dnipro

1998–2001 — Director, «Niktranc» LLC, Dnipro

2001–2003 — Deputy director, Director at «Dnipromain», Dnipro

Since 2001 — Head of the Football Federation in Dnipropetrovsk region

Since 2003 — Deputy Director General of «Vinil» LLC (former «Dnipromain»)

March 17, 2009 – Head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional office of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine

September 28, 2010 – «Front of changes» political party's nominee to the post of Mayor of Dnipro

March 6, 2015 – President of the Football Federation of Ukraine

2015-2017 – Deputy chairman of the UEFA national associations committee

May 11, 2017 – Member of the FIFA disciplinary committee

June 1, 2017 – Deputy chairman of the UEFA legal committee

June 16, 2017 – President of the “Ukrainian football association” civic organization

February 7, 2019 – Member of the UEFA executive committee

May 29, 2019 – Chairman of the UEFA committee for Players’ Status, Transfer and Agents and Match Agents

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]

Fighting corruption

While serving as a Ukrainian MP Andriy Pavelko has initiated a law No.743-VIII “On the prevention of corruption offences’ influence on the results of sporting competitions”. The Parliament has approved this law in November 2015.[7]

The law foresees the mechanisms of prevention and revealing the influence of corruption offences on the results of sporting competitions, defines the responsibility for violations and methods to deal with their consequences, and establishes mechanisms of international cooperation in fighting corruption in the sphere of sports.

References
  1. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the I convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. "People's Deputy of Ukraine of the II convocation". Official portal (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  3. "Андрій Павелко: «2019 рік став найяскравішим в історії українського футболу» - Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу". ffu.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  4. "2019: підсумки року для національної збірної України - Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу". ffu.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  5. "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.
  6. "Збірна України U-20 — чемпіон світу 2019 року! - Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу". ffu.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  7. "Офіційний портал Верховної Ради України". w1.c1.rada.gov.ua. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
  • Profile at the Football Federation of Ukraine
Preceded by
Anatoliy Konkov		 President of the FFU
2015–2019		 Succeeded by
Himself (as President of the UAF)
Preceded by
Himself (as President of the FFU)		 President of the UAF
2019–present		 Succeeded by
incumbent
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