Career
Football Playing career
The Lokomotiv was the first professional team Alexander Dovbiy has played foreign In 1974—1975 played for the Football Club Frunzenets team based in Sumy. Then he returned to Kharkov.
In 1976 Alexander was called up for the military service where he played for the army football club in B league Football Club CSKA Kyiv (based in Kiev).
In 1977, he scored 18 goals and became one of top scorers in the season. Alexander"s club mate, Nikolay Pinchuck scored 20 goals in that season.
After the military service, Alexander spent a season in Football Club Chornomorets Odesa. Then Alexander moved to Football Club Metalist Kharkiv in 1979 and spent 3 seasons there.
Alexander finished his career in Football Club Frunzenets.
Teams managed
After completion the club career, Alexander worked as a faculty instructor at the Kharkov branch of the Kiev State University of Physical Culture and Kharkov State College of Physical Culture Number.1. In 1990 — 1991 Alexander worked as a coacher in Football Club Metalist Kharkiv. In 1993/1994 season, Alexander was named head coacher of Football Club Metalist Kharkiv.
Later, Alexander held the position of a football manager in Football Club Himic Zhytomyr.
In 1993/1994 season, Alexander was also a head coacher in Football Club Neftyanik from Akhtyrka. Later he was the head coacher in Football Club Zirka Kirovograd and Vorskla.
In 1999 he moved to Kharkov where assisted Mikhail Fomenko in coaching Football Club Metalist Kharkiv. In 2002, Alexander Dovbiy has accepted the invitation from Leonid Tkachenko, who was the caretaker manager of the premier league Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala, to join the coaching team
In 2003, Alexander Dovbiy held in the Football Club Sokol Saratov, and then returned to Ukraine where he was a coach of Football Club Zarya in Lugansk was.
He helped the club to stay in the A league. In 2005, Alexander Dovbiy returned to Kharkov, where he was a football manager in Football Club Kharkov-2 and Football Club Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv that play in the B league. In 2009, he worked in the Moldovan club Football Club Zaria Bălți, but in June left the coaching position.
From 2009 to 2011 Alexander Dovbiy worked in Vietnam, where he was the head coach and one of the founders of the national football academy PVF. Since October 2011, Dovbiy holds the position of sporting director of Football Club "Olympia" (Balti).