Leonid Ostrovski Explained

Leonid Ostrovski
Fullname:Leonid Alfonsovich Ostrovski
Birth Date:17 January 1936
Birth Place:Riga, Latvia
Death Place:Kyiv, Ukraine
Position:Defender
Youthclubs1:VEF Rīga
Youthclubs2:FK Daugava Rīga
Years1:1954–1955
Clubs1:FK Daugava Rīga
Years2:1956–1962
Clubs2:FC Torpedo Moscow
Years3:1963–1968
Clubs3:FC Dynamo Kyiv
Years4:1970
Clubs4:FC Mashuk Pyatigorsk
Nationalyears1:1958–1966
Nationalteam1:Soviet Union
Nationalyears2:1966
Nationalcaps1:9
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:1971
Managerclubs1:FC Dnipro Cherkasy
Manageryears2:1974
Managerclubs2:FC Start Chuhuiv
Manageryears3:1975–1976
Managerclubs3:Skury Tsalenjikha

Leonid Alfonsovich Ostrovski (Russian: Леонид Альфонсович Островский, Ukrainian: Леонід Альфонсович Островський, Latvian: Leonīds Ostrovskis; 17 January 1936 in Riga – 17 April 2001 in Kyiv) was a Soviet football player and manager of Jewish origin.[1]

Honours

International career

Ostrovski made his debut for the national team on 18 November 1961 in a friendly against Argentina (he was selected for the 1958 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not play in any games at the tournament).

He played in two World Cups: 1962 and 1966. He was the only footballer from Latvia for the Soviet Union in the World Cups.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: YIVO | Sport: Jews in Sport in the USSR . www.yivoencyclopedia.org . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150429023935/http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Sport/Jews_in_Sport_in_the_USSR . 29 April 2015 . dead.