Mykhaylo Mykhalyna

Mihály Mihalina / Mykhaylo Mykhalyna
Personal information
Full nameMykhaylo Mykhaylovich Mykhalyna
Date of birth15 March 1924
Place of birthPoroshkovo, Carpathian Ruthenia,
First Czechoslovak Republic
Date of death30 August 1998 (aged 74)
Place of deathUzhhorod, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine
Playing positionDefender, Midfielder
Youth career
1939-1943SK Rusj Ungvár
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1943-1944SK Rusj Ungvár
1945Dynamo Uzhhorod
1946–1948Spartak Uzhhorod
1948–1955Dynamo Kyiv108(4)
1956Spartak Uzhhorod16(1)
National team
1952-1955Ukrainian SSR
1952-1955USSR-2
Teams managed
1945Dynamo Uzhhorod
1956-1961Spartak Uzhhorod
1963-1968Verkhovyna Uzhhorod
1969–1970Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
1971Bukovyna Chernivtsi
1975FC Hoverla Uzhhorod
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mykhaylo Mykhaylovich Mykhalyna (Hungarian: Mihály Mihalina, Slovak: Michal Michalinа, Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Михалина, Russian: Михаил Михайлович Михалина; 15 March 1924 – 30 August 1998) was a Czechoslovakian, Hungarian, Ukrainian and Soviet professional football player, Soviet-Ukrainian football manager and coach. He was the Master of Sports of USSR (1952) and the Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR (1955). From 1977 to 1983 and 1991 to 1995 he was the president of the Football Federation of Zakarpattia Oblast.

Honours

International career

Aside from being named one of the 33 best players in the USSR for 1952, Mykhalyna made his debut for USSR-2 on 26 September 1954 in a friendly against Hungary.[1]

See also

Other famous Soviet Magyar footballers:

External links

References

  1. ↑ Hungary 0–3 USSR (1954 association football friendly - 2nd national teams)