Oleksandr Skotsen'
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Oleksandr-Bohdan Antonovych Skotsen | ||
Date of birth | 28 July 1918 | ||
Place of birth | Lemberg, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 1 September 2003 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
?–1931 | |||
1931–1934 | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1934–1935 | |||
1935–1939 | Ukraina Lwów | ||
1940–1941 | Dynamo Kyiv | 13 | (4) |
1941–1943 | Ukraina Lwów | ||
1944 | Žilina | 4 | (5) |
1945–1946 | Ukraina Saltsburg | ||
1946 | Ukraina Ulm | ||
1946–1947 | Phönix-Alemannia Karlsruhe | 25 | (16) |
1948 | Olympique Charleroi | ||
1948–1950 | Nice | 48 | (23) |
1950–1951 | Ukraina Edmonton | ||
1951 | Toronto Ukrainians | ||
1951–1955 | Toronto Tryzub | 48 | |
Teams managed | |||
1941–1942 | Lviv opera | ||
1943 | Dovbush Kolomyia (playing) | ||
1943 | Lemko Sanok (playing) | ||
1950–1951 | Ukraina Edomonton (playing) | ||
1950s | Canada (playing) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Oleksandr Skotsen' (Ukrainian: Олександр-Богдан Антонович Скоцень, Polish: Aleksandr Bogdan Skoceń; 28 July 1918 – 1 September 2003) was a Ukrainian-Canadian footballer, he played for , Ukraina Lviv, Dynamo Kyiv, Olympique Charleroi and OGC Nice. In 1950 he arrived in Canada, where he played for Ukrainian teams Toronto Ukrainians and Toronto Tryzub.[2]
Biography[]
Skotsen started out in junior team of Bohun Lwów, but after it was closed down by the Polish authorities in 1931, he continued to play at Tryzub Lwów.[1] In 1934 Skotsen debuted for the Tryzub's senior team.[1] In 1935-1939 he played Ukraina Lwów in the district league of Lwów Voivodeship.[1]
During the World War II and Soviet occupation in 1939 Skotsen was added to FC Dynamo Lviv.[1] In January–April 1940 he was listed as a player of FC Dynamo Moscow.[1] Later Skotsen was called on to army and was sent to organize army team in Lviv, DKA Lviv.[1] From September 1940 to June 1941 he was on a roster of FC Dynamo Kyiv.[1] After the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Skotsen returned to Lviv where he coached a local team of the city opera and played for the revived Ukraina Lwów in 1941-1943.[1] In 1943 Skotsen was a playing coach for Dovbush Kolomyia and Lemko Sanok.[1] In 1944 he moved to Slovakia where he joined MŠK Žilina playing at the 1943–44 Slovenská liga.[1] The next season Skotsen spent in Ukraina Saltzburg. In 1946-47 he played for Ukraina Ulm and Phönix-Alemannia Karlsruhe (a predecessor of Karlsruher SC).[1]
In 1948 Skotsen played for Olympique Charleroi in the 1947–48 Belgian First Division.[1] Couple of seasons between 1948 and 1950 he spent playing for OGC Nice.[1] After that he emigrated to Canada where he played for several Ukrainian teams.[1]
Honours[]
- Lviv region (Polish regional A-Class)
- Runners-up: 1936-37, 1937–38, 1938–39
- President of Poland's Football Cup
- Winner: 1938
- Championship of Galicia Distrikt
- Winner: 1942
Publication[]
- "З футболом у світ. Спомини" (With football to the World. Recollections). Toronto, 1985
- "Львівський "батяр" у київському "Динамо" (Lviv "batiar" in Kievan "Dynamo"). Kiev, 1992 (republished)
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Kolomiyets, A. The first real "legionnaires" (foreign players) in Kievan "Dynamo" (Перші справжні “легіонери” у київському “Динамо”). Football Federation of Kiev (FFK).
- ^ МИ ПАМ’ЯТАЄМО. Олександр Скоцень – львів’янин, який забивав "Ювентусу" - ZAXID.NET Archived 24 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
External links[]
- Aleksandr Skocen at FootballDatabase.eu
- Скоцень Александр at ukrsoccerhistory.com at archive.today (archived 5 February 2013) (in Ukrainian)
- Aleksandr Skotsen' at KLISF.ru at archive.today (archived 2014-01-19)
- 1918 births
- 2003 deaths
- Sportspeople from Lviv
- Soviet emigrants to Canada
- Canadian soccer players
- Ukrainian footballers
- Ukrainian expatriate footballers
- Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
- Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate footballers in Slovakia
- Expatriate footballers in Austria
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Ukraina Lwow players
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- MŠK Žilina players
- R. Olympic Charleroi Châtelet Farciennes players
- OGC Nice players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Ligue 1 players
- Association football forwards
- Toronto Ukrainians players
- Toronto Tridents players
- Soviet Top League players
- Ukrainian football forward stubs