Konstantin Shchegodskiy

Konstantin Shchegodskiy or Kostiantyn Shchehodsky (Russian: Константин Васильевич Щегоцкий; April 13, 1911 – January 23, 1989) was a Soviet-Ukrainian football player and coach from Moscow.

Playing career

Since 16 year old, Shchegodskiy played for Gornyak Moscow in 1927-29 that represented a mining institute. In 1930 he joined Tryokhgorka Moscow with which he won gold medals of Moscow city championship. In 1931-32 Shchegodkiy played for Automobile Moscow Society (AMO) and the collective team of Moscow city.

At 21, Shchegodskiy moved to Kiev in 1933, joining Dynamo Kyiv for which he played until the World War II. During that period he also played for the national team of Ukraine (Ukrainian SSR). In 1935 at the Kiev city championship, Shchegodkiy also played for the Border and Internal Security Administration (UPVO). About that period he also played for the Soviet Union national football team in several unofficial games. In 1937 Shchegodskiy played a game for Spartak Moscow against visiting Basque team.

In August of 1938 Shchegodskiy was arrested and spent over year in prison. After his release, Shchegodskiy left for Moscow for rehabilitation, but already in 1940 returned to play for Dynamo Kyiv. During the World War II Shchegodskiy was in the Soviet partizan movement.

References

External links

• "Football encyclopedia. Konstantin Shchegodskiy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-11.