Viktor Kanevskyi
Soviet footballer (1936-2018)
Viktor Izrailyovych (Illich) Kanevskyi (Ukrainian: Віктор Ізраїльович Каневський, Russian: Виктор Израилевич Каневский; 3 October 1936 – 25 November 2018) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player and coach. He was Jewish. He was one of the first footballers from Ukraine who competed at the FIFA World Cup.
Biography
After the World War II, the Kanevskyi family lived in the compound of the Saint Sophia Cathedral monastery, while the father of Viktor worked in the local Academy of Architecture located in the same monastery. Since his early years Kanevskyi was involved in various sports including ice skating, volleyball as well as football. During his student years he played for Kyiv's junior volleyball team. He also was invited by Dynamo's scout and junior team coach Mykhailo Korsunsky for try-outs.
Due to hardship in the postwar years, Kanevskyi started to work before his 16th birthday as a carver at the Kyiv Arsenal. At the factory he was making engravings on photo cameras in Kyiv. As a hobby he also played for a factory team, Mashynobudivnyk (predecessor of FC Arsenal Kyiv) that was coached by Iosif Livshyts.
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