Valeriy Kyrylovych Kravchynskyi ( uk, Валерій Кирилович Кравчинський; 12 December 1938 – 20 January 2001) was a

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and

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defender. He spent most of his career with

Desna Chernihiv Football Club Desna Chernihiv ( uk, ФК «Десна» Чернігів) is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernihiv. The original name of the club was "Avanhard" (FC Avanhard Chernihiv) during its first year of existence as part of a repu ...

the main club in Chernihiv.

Career

As a child, he played football on Leskovitsa, took part in the unofficial championships of Chernihiv among street teams. In 1953 he enrolled in the football section, whose coach was Alexander Norov. In 1958, he played for ATK Chernihiv and for

Spartak Chernihiv Spartak Chernihiv ( uk, Спартак Чернігів) was a Ukrainian football club from Chernihiv, Ukraine established in 1938, during the Soviet Union. The team plated in the Sports complex, The stadium is located in Chernihiv at: Museum, 4 i ...

, then he joyed to Avanhard Chernihiv where he played 31 matches.

Desna Chernihiv

In 1961, Avanhard Chernihiv changed their name to

and Kravchinsky was appointed vice captain and in 1964 as captain. In 1965, Desna reached the 1/8 finals of the

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, defeating 6 opponents, including the A-class teams - Shinnik and Baku's Neftyanik. Kravchinsky took part in the 1/8 Cup final against Kairat, in which Desna lost 3: 4. He considered this game to be the best in his career and in the history of Desna. In 1967 he received the title of Master of Sports of the USSR. and also in the season 1965-66 In 1968, he played 41 games and in 1969 45 games and been the most successful seasons.

After retirement

Finished his football career in 1970. In the fall of 1970, he was invited by

Oleh Bazylevych Oleh Petrovych Bazylevych ( uk, Оле́г Петро́вич Базиле́вич; also: Bazilevich, Bazylewicz; 6 July 1938 – 16 October 2018

to the position of coach of the Desna team's double, but he was at this job for about a month, since after the end of the season the team was disbanded. In 1971 he graduated from the Chernigov branch of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute and got a job at the Chernihiv Radio Instrument Plant. At this enterprise he worked as a designer, senior engineer and foreman of the precision mechanics workshop, held the positions of department head, head of the trade union committee and deputy chief engineer. Until the age of 39 he played in the factory football team "Promin". He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. In the last years of his life he worked as an engineer in the research and production complex "Vector" (Exclusion Zone of the Chernobyl NPP). He died of cancer in early 2001 at the age of 62.

Tributes

In 2021, in honor of the famous football player, the regional football federation has approved an annual tournament for the Valery Kravchinsky Cup among the pupils of CYSS.

Honours

;Desna Chernihiv * Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR:

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* Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR: Runner-Up

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kravchinsky, Valeriy 1938 births 2001 deaths Soviet men's footballers Footballers from Chernihiv Spartak Chernihiv players FC Desna Chernihiv players FC Desna Chernihiv managers Men's association football players not categorized by position