Konstantin Vasilyevich Shchegotsky (russian: Константин Васильевич Щегоцкий; April 13, 1911 – January 23, 1989) was a
Soviet
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-Ukrainian football player and coach from
Moscow
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.
Playing career
In 1927-29, at the age of 16, Shchegotsky played for Gornyak Moscow, which represented a mining institute. In 1930, he joined Tryokhgorka Moscow with which he won gold medals of Moscow city championship. In 1931-32, Shchegotsky played for Automobile Moscow Society (AMO) and the collective team of Moscow city.
In 1933, at 21 years of age, Shchegotsky joined
Dynamo Kiev
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, where he remained until
World War II
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. During that period, he also represented the national team of Ukraine (Ukrainian SSR). In 1935, at the Kiev city championship, Shchegotsky appeared for the Border and Internal Security Administration (UPVO), and for the
Soviet Union national football team
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in several unofficial games. In 1937, Shchegotsky played a game for
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against visiting Basque team.
In August 1938, Shchegotsky was arrested and spent over a year in prison. After his release, Shchegotsky moved to Moscow for rehabilitation, but already in 1940 returned to play for
Dynamo Kiev
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. During
World War II
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, Shchegotsky was in the Soviet partisan movement.
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1911 births
1989 deaths
Footballers from Moscow
People from Moscow Governorate
Soviet Top League players
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
FC Torpedo Moscow players
FC Spartak Moscow players
FC Chornomorets Odesa players
FC Chornomorets Odesa managers
FC Dynamo Kyiv managers
NK Veres Rivne managers
FC Nyva Vinnytsia managers
FC Shakhtar Donetsk managers
MFC Mykolaiv managers
Soviet football managers
Soviet footballers
Russian footballers
Ukrainian footballers
Inmates of Lukyanivska Prison
Prisoners and detainees of the Soviet Union
Association football forwards