Education
Dnipropetrovsk Institute of Physical Culture
Higher School of Coaches (Moscow) (1986-1987).
Dnipropetrovsk Institute of Physical Culture
Higher School of Coaches (Moscow) (1986-1987).
He is Merited Master of Sports of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (1983) and Merited Coach of Ukraine. Pavlov began his playing career in 1972, playing for “Spartak Brest”, (later renamed “Bug Brest”, now Football Club Dinamo Brest) in the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic. The club played in the old Soviet Second League. After three years there he moved to Krylia Sovetov, a club in the Soviet Top League.
Four seasons and three years later, in 1979 he moved back to Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic to play for their best team in the Soviet Top League, Dinamo Minsk.
Another 3 years later, in 1982 he was on the move again, this time back to Ukraine to play in Odessa for Chernomorets Odessa. The following season he moved to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.
His two seasons there were the most successful of his career. Pavlov was capped once for the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. He played in a 2-1 friendly loss against West Germany, on 28 March 1984 in Hanover.
In 1988 Pavlov took up the head-coach position of Kolos Nikopol.
During the 1990s he coached Tavriya Simferopol, Krystal Kherson, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. While coach of Dnipro he was brought on to be the caretaker head-coach of the Ukraine national football team In the 1995-1996 season Pavlov was coach of Dynamo Kyiv, leading them to a Ukrainian League title.
Following Dynamo he has coached other Ukrainian clubs, including a return to Tavriya Simferopol, then at Football Club Illychivets Mariupol (7 years there), and Football Club Stal Alchevsk.
In the winter of 2007 he was brought in as head-coach at Football Club Vorskla Poltava. In his first season with the team he led them to an 8th-place finish, and into the quarter-finals of Ukrainian Cup.
Player Coach = Orders and special awards.