Kazimir (or Casimir) Hnatow (9 November 1929 – 16 December 2010) was a former French

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and manager of Ukrainian descent.

Club career

Hnatow began his career at

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in 1951, where he would spend two seasons, making fifty six appearances and scoring ten goals. In 1953, he joined Stade Français. He spent three seasons at the Parisian club, making twenty nine appearances and scoring nine goals. He then joined

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in 1956, and in the following year, he was a runner-up in the

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, losing 6–3 to

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. He made two hundred and forty three appearances and scored nineteen goals for the Pays de la Loire-based team. He then ended his career in a player-coach role at Chamois Niortais.

International career

Hnatow was part of the French squad which finished third at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but he never won a cap for the

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Managerial career

Hnatow managed amateur side Chamois Niortais in two separate spells; the first as a player-coach from 1963 to 1966, and the second alongside Robert Charrier during the 1972-73 Championnat de France amateur Division 3 season. He is one of three coaches to manage the club on two occasions, the other two being Charrier and Pascal Gastien.

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- FC Metz 1929 births 2010 deaths French footballers 1958 FIFA World Cup players FC Metz players Stade Français (association football) players Angers SCO players Chamois Niortais F.C. players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players French people of Ukrainian descent French football managers Chamois Niortais F.C. managers Association football midfielders {{france-footy-midfielder-1920s-stub