Räshid Hakimsan

Räshid Hakimsan (5 April 1934 – 4 September 1997) was a Finnish ice hockey player and a referee. He played in SM-Sarja during 1951-1960 and won the Finnish Championship four times. Hakimsan played eight matches in Finnish junior national team. In addition to hockey, Hakimsan won silver at junior championship Swedish relay in 1951 and in 1952 as a footballer he won the Football Association of Finland junior championship and was awarded as the best in the team.

Career

Räshid Hakimsan represented his entire career the local team Ilves. During 1951-1960, he played 88 matches as an attacker, and his points were 64 + 35 = 99, and penalties 33 minutes. Hakimsan made five hat tricks. He won the Finnish Championship in 1952, 1957, 1958 and 1960. He won gold from Finnish Cup in 1958 as well. As a referee, Hakimsan acted in 181 SM-matches and two world championships.

Hakimsan represented Finland in eight matches of junior national ice hockey and two B-series ice hockey matches. In 1952, playing against Norway, Hakimsan was awarded as the best attacker in the team and a local newspaper wrote about him as a "crowd favorite" who "duped the Norwegians with ease".

Hakimsan made the opening goal in the first Finnish synthetic ice rink ''Koulukatu'' in 1956.

In 1959, when Ilves traveled to Italy and Germany to play a summer tournament, Hakimsan was among the team. They first played in a Cortina d'Ampezzo olympic stadium and after that in Germany's Oberstdorf against Krefeld and lastly in Berlin against the East Germany national team.

In 1960, when Hakimsan played his last match, winning gold, he, Finnish hockey players Raimo Kilpiö and Jorma Salmi were called "the most dangerous trio in the league".

During his younger years, Hakimsan was also known as a talented football player. He played football in TaPa and won the 1952 Football Association of Finland junior championship and was awarded as the best in the team. A 1953 newspaper article named "Viisas Räsid" (''Wise Räshid'') describes how it is a shame that Hakimsan has to choose between football and ice hockey since he's a player with "rare intellectual playing style" and "we don't get his kind often". "Viisas Räsid" - lehtiartikkelileike vuodelta 1953.Veikko Lieslehto: Tampereen Palloilijat 1926-1996, ISBN 952-90-7920-6 (s. 20-21, 92)

Hakimsan did not however quit football entirely. In 1956 he won the junior district championship. His team awarded him with a silver medal.

Both as a hockey player and a footballer Hakimsan was often praised for his skills, but he was also described as a selfish player, because too often he tried to make all the goals himself.

In 1951, representing team Tampereen Pyrintö, Hakimsan won silver at the Swedish relay Finnish junior championship. Timing of his team was 2:04.0h.

Achievements

Ice hockey

* 4 Finnish Championships (1952, 1957, 1958, 1960)
* 1 Finnish Cup Championship (1958)
* Finnish junior national team best attacker (1952)
* 2 medals as a referee (1979)

Football

* Football Association of Finland junior championship and medal as best player (1952)
* Junior district championship (1956)
* Silver medal, TaPa (year unknown)

Personal life

Hakimsan died of a sudden heart attack while cycling at the age of 63. For his day job, he worked as a drafting technician at Tampella.

Hakimsan was a part of the Finnish Tatar community. Among the community of Tampere, his father was the known artist, Aisja Hakimsanoff. (Aisa Hakimcan). Räshid and his sister Aliye were talented singers, as were their cousins Semiulla, Zinnetulla, Hamdurrahman and Hafize.

Finnish Tatar hockey players Mönäyvär Saadetdin and Lotfi Nasibullen played briefly in the same team as Hakimsan in 1950s.

Children of Räshid are Sami and Irina.Baibulat 2004, p. 179, 215, 254

Name

In literary Tatar, 'Räshid Hakimsan' is Рәшит Хәкимҗан = Räşit Xäkimcan or Rəşit Xəkimcan. (Among Finnish Tatars, often spelled as ’Hakimcan’).

Original Russian version of the surname; Hakimsanoff (Хакимджанов, ''Hakimdzhanov).''

Finnish nickname: "Räskä".

In the Finnish press his name was written in various ways; such as Räsid, Räffit, Räsi - Hakimsson, Hakimsam, Hakibson.Ilveksen suurvoitto heikosta Vesasta (Lehtileike 1.1.1957)

Literature

* Baibulat, Muazzez: ''Tampereen Islamilainen Seurakunta: juuret ja historia''. Gummerus Kirjapaino Oy, 2004.
* Bedretdin, Kadriye (editor): ''Tugan Tel - Kirjoituksia Suomen tataareista''. Suomen Itämainen Seura, 2011.

* Suikki, Reijo (päätoimittaja): ''Jääkiekkokirja 2005 - 2006''. Egmont Kustannus Oy Ab, 2005. .
* Forss, Risto, ym.: ''Suuri Jääkiekkoteos 1''. Scandia-Kirjat Oy, 1979. .
* Leinonen, Kimmo: ''Koulukadun Sankarit, Tampereen jääkiekkoilun historia 1928-1965''. APALI, 2014. .
* Leitzinger, Antero: ''Mishäärit - Suomen vanha islamilainen yhteisö''. Kirja-Leitzinger, 1996.
* Raevuori, Antero & Honkavaara, Aarne: ''Pelimiehiä, tulisieluja - Tampereen Ilves 50 vuotta''. Ilves ry, 1981. .

References

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1934 births
1997 deaths
Finnish ice hockey players
Finnish ice hockey officials
Finnish Tatars