Ostap Savka Explained

Ostap Savka
Fullname:Ostap Volodymyrovych Savka
Birth Date:4 April 1947
Birth Place:Drohobych, Drohobych Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
Death Place:Lviv, Ukraine
Height:1.78 m
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Naftovyk Drohobych
Years1:1965–1967
Clubs1:Naftovyk Drohobych
Caps1:82
Goals1:1
Years2:1967–1969
Clubs2:Shakhtar Donetsk
Caps2:26
Goals2:0
Years3:1970–1977
Clubs3:Karpaty Lviv
Caps3:195
Goals3:16
Years4:1977–1978
Clubs4:Sokil Lviv
Caps4:?
Goals4:?
Years5:1979
Clubs5:Kolos Nikopol
Caps5:19
Goals5:0
Years6:1980
Clubs6:Krystal Kherson
Caps6:39
Goals6:2

Ostap Volodymyrovych Savka (Ukrainian: Остап Володимирович Савка; 4 April 1947 – 10 August 2022) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as midfielder.

Career

Born in Drohobych, Savka began his football career in Naftovyk in his native city. In the 1968–69 season, he played 26 matches for FC Shakhtar Donetsk and transferred from there to Karpaty Lviv, later becoming a captain of this club (in nine seasons in the team, he played 194 matches and scored 16 goals, played in the debut European Cup campaign of Karpaty in 1970).

After the end of his career, Savka, whose last clubs were Kolos Nikopol and Krystal Kherson, worked as a children football trainer in the Youth Sportive School #4 in Lviv. Among his pupils were Ukrainian football players Oleh Tymchyshyn and Andriy Klymenko.[1]

Savka died in Lviv on 10 August 2022, at the age of 75.[2]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: fakty.ua. uk:Помер легендарний екскапітан «Карпат», автор історичного хет-трику у чемпіонаті Радянського Союзу. https://fakty.ua/405565-umer-legendarnyj-eks-kapitan-karpat-avtor-istoricheskogo-het-trika-v-chempionate-sovetskogo-soyuza . uk. 17 August 2022.
  2. Web site: FC Karpaty Official Site. uk:Перестало битися серце Остапа Савки.... https://fckarpaty.org.ua/news/perestalo-bitisia-sertse-ostapa-savki/ . uk. 17 August 2022.