Valeriy Kravchynskyi

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Valeriy Kravchynskyi
Personal information
Full name Valeriy Kyrylovych Kravchynskyi
Date of birth (1938-12-12) 12 December 1938 (age 83)
Place of birth Chernihiv, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Date of death 2001
Place of death Chernihiv
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Desna Chernihiv
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958 ATK Chernihiv
? Spartak Chernihiv
1960–1961 Avanhard Chernihiv 31 (0)
1961–1971 Desna Chernihiv 364 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Valeriy Kyrylovych Kravchynskyi (Ukrainian: Валерій Кирилович Кравчинський; born 12 December 1938) is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian football player Defender. He spend most of his career to Desna Chernihiv the main club in Chernihiv.[1]

Career[]

As a child, he played football on Leskovitsa, took part in the unofficial championships of Chernihiv among street teams. In 1953 he enrolled in the football section, whose coach was Alexander Norov. In 1958, he played for ATK Chernihiv and for Spartak Chernihiv, then he joyed to Avanhard Chernihiv where he played 31 matches.[2]

Desna Chernihiv[]

In 1961 Avanhard Chernihiv, changed the name to Desna Chernihiv and Kravchinsky was appointed vice captain and in 1964 as captain. Valeriy Kravchinsky[3] In 1965, Desna reached the 1/8 finals of the Soviet Cup, defeating 6 opponents, including the A-class teams - Shinnik and Baku's Neftyanik. Kravchinsky took part in the 1/8 Cup final against Kairat, in which Desna lost 3: 4. He considered this game to be the best in his career and in the history of Desna. In 1967 he received the title of Master of Sports of the USSR.[4][5][6] and also in the season 1965-66[7] In 1968, he played 41 games and in 1969 45 games and been the most successful seasons.[8][9]

After Retirement[]

Finished his football career in 1970. In the fall of 1970, he was invited by Oleh Bazylevych to the position of coach of the Desna team's double, but he was at this job for about a month, since after the end of the season the team was disbanded. In 1971 he graduated from the Chernigov branch of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute and got a job at the Chernihiv Radio Instrument Plant. At this enterprise he worked as a designer, senior engineer and foreman of the precision mechanics workshop, held the positions of department head, head of the trade union committee and deputy chief engineer. Until the age of 39 he played in the factory football team "Promin". He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. In the last years of his life he worked as an engineer in the research and production complex "Vector" (Exclusion Zone of the Chernobyl NPP). He died of cancer in 2000 at the age of 61.[10][11]

Tributes[]

In 2021 In honor of the famous football player, the regional football federation has approved an annual tournament for the Valery Kravchinsky Cup among the pupils of CYSS[12]

Honours[]

Desna Chernihiv
  • Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR: 1968
  • Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR: Runner-Up 1966

References[]

  1. ^ "Кравчинский Валерий Кириллович". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Чемпионат СССР 1960". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Кравчинський Валерій Кирилович – майстер спорту СРСР з футболу, багаторічний капітан футбольної команди майстрів "Десна"". www.desna.football. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  4. ^ ""Десні" - 60. Це було вперше". www.desna.football. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. ^ ""Горняк" (Кривой Рог) – "Десна" (Чернигов) 1:2 (0:1)". www.fc-dynamo.ru. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Кубок СССР по футболу 1965 года". www.kwadra.ru. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Десна (Черни��ов) - Авангард (Тернополь) 1:2". www.fc-dynamo.ru. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Чемпионат СССР 1968". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Чемпионат СССР 1969". www.footballfacts.ru. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Деснянське півстоліття: віхи й імена". www.sport.ua. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Деснянське півстоліття: віхи й імена". www.chesport.cn.ua. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  12. ^ "В громаді на Чернігівщині стадіону присвоїли ім'я видатного футболіст". www.cheline.com.ua. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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Preceded by Captain of Desna Chernihiv
1964–1970 		Succeeded by
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