Oleksandr Skotsen
Ukrainian footballer

Oleksandr Skotsen'
Skotsen in 1930, age 12
Personal information
Full nameOleksandr-Bohdan Antonovych Skotsen
Date of birth(1918-07-28)28 July 1918
Place of birthLemberg, Austria-Hungary
Date of death1 September 2003(2003-09-01) (aged 85)
Place of deathToronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s)Forward
Youth career
?–1931Bohun Lwów
1931–1934Tryzub Lwów
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1934–1935Tryzub Lwów
1935–1939Ukraina Lwów
1940–1941Dynamo Kyiv13(4)
1941–1943Ukraina Lwów
1944Žilina4(5)
1945–1946Ukraina Saltsburg
1946Ukraina Ulm
1946–1947Phönix-Alemannia Karlsruhe25(16)
1948Olympique Charleroi
1948–1950Nice48(23)
1950–1951Ukraina Edmonton
1951Toronto Ukrainians
1951–1955Toronto Tryzub48
Managerial career
1941–1942Lviv opera
1943Dovbush Kolomyia (playing)
1943Lemko Sanok (playing)
1950–1951Ukraina Edomonton (playing)
1950sCanada (playing)
1964Toronto Ukrainians
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksandr Skotsen' (Ukrainian: Олександр-Богдан Антонович Скоцень, Polish: Aleksandr Bogdan Skoceń; 28 July 1918 – 1 September 2003) was a Ukrainian footballer, he played for Tryzub Lviv, 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]

Managerial career

Skotsen was the head coach for the Toronto Ukrainians in the National Soccer League in 1964.[3]

Honours

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

  1. ^ 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).
  2. ^ МИ ПАМ’ЯТАЄМО. Олександр Скоцень – львів’янин, який забивав "Ювентусу" - ZAXID.NET Archived 24 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Campbell, Doug (22 June 1964). "Buzzin Sparks Cantalia Win Over Toronto Ukraina Side". Montreal Star. p. 42.
  • 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)


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