Unai Melgosa

Unai Melgosa

Personal information
Full name	Unai Melgosa Zorrilla
Date of birth	(1976-01-11) 11 January 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth	Bilbao, Spain
Managerial career
Years	Team
2004–2011	Athletic Bilbao (youth)
2011–2012	Málaga (psychiatrist)
2012–2014	Athletic Bilbao (youth)
2015–2017	Dynamo Kyiv (U19)
2017–2019	Aspire Academy
2019–2021	Ferencváros (assistant)
2021–2023	Al Ain (assistant)
2023	Ukraine (assistant)
2023–	Ukraine U21

Unai Melgosa Zorrilla (born 11 January 1976) is a Spanish football manager who is the head coach of the Ukraine U21.

Career

Melgosa, who was born in Bilbao, was hired to local Athletic working with youth as a psychological coach. ^[1] After 7 years, Melgosa for a season worked as a psychologist for Málaga and later returned to Athletic. In 2014 he left his home team. ^[2]

From 2015 to 2017, he was the coach of the youth team of Dynamo Kyiv. Among his students were the future main players of the "white and blue" team - Mykola Shaparenko, Oleksandr Tymchyk, and Volodymyr Shepelev. ^[3]

From 2017 to 2019, he worked at the Aspire Academy in Qatar, and in March 2019 he joined the coaching staff of Serhiy Rebrov in Hungarian Ferencváros. ^[4] Later, together with Rebrov, he worked in the United Arab Emirates Al Ain FC.

After Serhiy Rebrov headed the Ukraine national team on 7 June 2023, Melgosa joined his staff, ^{[5] [6]} and already on 25 July, on the initiative of Rebrov, the Spanish specialist became the head coach of the Ukraine U21. ^{[6] [7]}

Managerial statistics

As of match played 12 June 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ukraine U21		25 July 2023	Present	17	9	3	5	31	21	+10	052.94
Career total				17	9	3	5	31	21	+10	052.94

References

1. Ткач, Олександр (28 June 2015). "Рауль та його команда. Гід з іспанських тренерів "Динамо"". ua.tribuna.com (in Russian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
2. "Унаї Мельгоса: біографія, кар'єра, статистика, фото | Dynamomania.com". dynamomania.com (in Russian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
3. "Після Євро-2023 молодіжну збірну України очолить іспанський помічник Реброва – ЗМІ". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). 25 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
4. "Помічники Реброва продовжили контракти з чемпіоном Угорщини з футболу". ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). 31 May 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
5. "Стали відомі фахівці, що ввійшли до тренерського штабу Сергія Реброва в збірній України". uaf.ua (in Ukrainian). Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
6. "Молодіжна збірна України офіційно отримала нового головного тренера". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 25 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
7. "Офіційно. Рішення Виконкому Української асоціації футболу". uaf.ua (in Ukrainian). Офіційний сайт Української асоціацїї футболу. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.