Ostap Steckiw ( ua, Остап Стецьків) (March 14, 1924 – April 13, 2001) was a Canadian
soccer
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player who earned 1 cap for the Canadian national side against the United States in 1957, scoring one goal. During
World War II
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he was a member of the
Ukrainian Insurgent Army
The Ukrainian Insurgent Army ( uk, Українська повстанська армія, УПА, translit=Ukrayins'ka povstans'ka armiia, abbreviated UPA) was a Ukrainian nationalist paramilitary and later partisan formation. During World ...
Phönix Karlsruhe
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Charleroi
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Nice
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Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
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Lyon
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Toronto Ukrainians
Toronto Ukrainians (Sports Association Toronto Ukrainians, uk, СТ (Спортове Товариство) «Україна» (Торонто), translit=ST (Sportove Tovarystvo) "Ukraina" (Toronto)) is a Canadian soccer team. The club was founde ...
Ukraina Lwów
Ukraina Lviv (full name: ''Sports Society Ukraina Lviv'') was a Galician and then Polish association football team of the ST Ukraina (Sports Society), located in the city of Lviv.
At that time the ST Ukraina was a sports society of ethnic Ukraini ...
. In 1957 he was the Canadian Challenger's Cup holder playing for Montreal Ukrainians.
International career
He played a single game for Canada in Saint Louis against the United States along with two other Ukrainian Canadians: Mike Bereza and Walt Zakaluznyj.
Managerial career
After retiring Steckiw in 1961 served as a
player-coach
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with Toronto's Inter-Roma originally in the
National Soccer League
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(NSL) then later in the
Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League
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. On June 27, 1963 he resigned as head coach and was replaced by Renato Seghini. In 1968, he returned to manage in the NSL with Toronto Ukraina. He was named the head coach for Toronto Ukraina once more for the 1974 season.
He created a soccer museum in
Toronto
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. In 1946 in city of
Ulm
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West Germany
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