Leanid Harai | |
Fullname: | Leanid Paulavich Harai |
Birth Date: | 13 January 1937 |
Birth Place: | Gomel, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus) |
Death Place: | Minsk, Belarus |
Position: | Defender |
Youthyears1: | –1955 |
Youthclubs1: | FShM Minsk |
Youthyears2: | 1956–1957 |
Youthclubs2: | Spartak Minsk |
Years1: | 1958–1959 |
Years2: | 1960 |
Years3: | 1961 |
Years4: | 1962–1963 |
Years5: | 1964–1966 |
Clubs1: | Spartak Minsk |
Clubs3: | Belarus Minsk |
Clubs4: | SKA Minsk |
Clubs5: | Spartak Brest |
Caps1: | 43 |
Caps2: | 32 |
Caps3: | 9 |
Caps4: | 43 |
Caps5: | 45 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Goals5: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1966–1968 |
Managerclubs1: | Spartak Brest (assistant) |
Manageryears2: | 1969–1970 |
Managerclubs2: | Spartak Brest (director) |
Manageryears3: | 1976–1978 |
Managerclubs3: | Dinamo Brest (director) |
Manageryears4: | 1978–1986 |
Managerclubs4: | Dinamo Minsk (director) |
Manageryears5: | 1988–1993 |
Managerclubs5: | Dinamo Minsk (director) |
Leanid Paulavich Harai (Belarusian: Леанід Паўлавіч Гарай; Russian: Леонид Павлович Гарай; 13 January 1937 – 5 August 2019) was a Soviet footballer and manager.
Harai's father was killed in World War II when he was age 4. After the war, Harai began playing football at school in Brest and then Minsk. He would join FC Spartak Minsk's senior side where he began playing in the second-tier Soviet Class B league. In 1960, Harai joined FC Urozhay Minsk. The following season he joined FC Belarus Minsk, a club composed of several former Spartak and Urozhay players, which competed in the 1961 Soviet Top League. Harai finished his playing career with spells at FC SKA Minsk and FC Spartak Brest.[1] [2]
After he retired from playing, Harai embarked on a managerial career. He led FC Spartak Brest to its highest-ever level in Soviet football, reaching the 1969 Soviet Class A Second Group.