Viktor Kanevskyi
Soviet footballer (1936-2018)
Viktor Izrailyovych Kanevskyi (Ukrainian: Віктор Ізраїльович Каневський, Russian: Виктор Израилевич Каневский; 3 October 1936 – 25 November 2018) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player and coach. He was born to a Jewish family in Kyiv.[2][3] He played for Soviet national team and for Dynamo Kyiv. He also managed Metalist Kharkiv and Dnipro.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Viktor Izrailyovych Kanevskyi | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Date of death | November 25, 2018 (aged 82)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Bristol, Connecticut, U.S. | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Yuny Dinamovets Kyiv | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1952 | FC Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv | ||
| 1954–1964 | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 195 | (80) |
| 1965–1966 | FC Chornomorets Odesa | 22 | (6) |
| National team | |||
| 1958–1962 | USSR | 5 | (0) |
| 1956 | Ukraine | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1965 | FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | ||
| 1966–1971 | FC Metalist Kharkiv (Avanhard) | ||
| 1973 | FC Pakhtakor Tashkent (assistant) | ||
| 1973–1977 | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ||
| 1983–1986 | FC Dynamo Irpin | ||
| 1987 | SC Tavriya Simferopol | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Kanevskyi died in Bristol, Connecticut on 25 November 2018 from brain cancer at the age of 82.[4]
Professional football player career
changeClubs
change| Club[1] | Season | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dynamo | 1954 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1955 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 1956 | 12 | 4 | – | – | 12 | 4 | |
| 1957 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | |
| 1958 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 8 | |
| 1959 | 19 | 2 | – | – | 19 | 2 | |
| 1960 | 23 | 7 | – | – | 23 | 7 | |
| 1961 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 18 | |
| 1962 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 | |
| 1963 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 14 | |
| 1964 | 27 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 20 | |
| Total Dynamo | 196 | 80 | 13 | 5 | 209 | 85 | |
| Chornomorets | 1965 | 17 | 6 | – | – | 17 | 6 |
| 1966 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |
| Total Chornomorets | 22 | 6 | – | – | 22 | 6 | |
| Grand total | 218 | 86 | 13 | 5 | 231 | 91 | |
International
change| National team | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | ||
| Soviet Union | 1958 | 1 | 0 |
| 1961 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1962 | 2 | 0 |
Managerial statistics
change| Team | League | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Metalurh | Class A 2nd Group | 1965 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Metalist | Class A 2nd Group | 1966 | 1969 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Metalist | First League | 1970 | 1971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bukovyna | Second League | 1972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Pakhtakor | First League | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Dnipro | Top League | 1973 | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Dynamo | Second League | 1983 | 1986 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Tavriya | Second League | 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
Honors
change- As player
- Soviet Top League
- Winner (1): 1961
- Runners-up (1): 1960
- Soviet Cup
- Winner (1): 1964
- As manager
- Soviet First League
- Runners-up (1): 1968 (Metalist)
- Soviet Second League / Championship of Ukraine
- Winners (1): 1987 (Tavriya)
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Passed away: Viktor Kanevskyi (Не стало Віктора Каневського). Ukrainian Premier League. 25 November 2018
- ↑ The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
- ↑ "Спорт - Центральный Еврейский Ресурс. Сайт русскоязычных евреев всего мира. Еврейские новости. Еврейские фамилии". Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
- ↑ Умер легендарный украинский футболист - звезда киевского "Динамо" (in Russian)
Other websites
change- (in Russian) Profile Archived 2020-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
