Mikhail (Moisei) Davidovich Tovarovsky (russian: Михаил (Моисей) Давидович Товаровский) (October 25, 1903 – January 4, 1969) was a Soviet footballer, coach, and sport administrator from
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
.
He was Jewish, and played for
KLS Kyiv (1918–1921),
Lokomotyv Kyiv (1922–1926),
Radtorhsluzhbovtsi Kyiv (1927–1928),
Dynamo Kyiv
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was officia ...
(1928–1929) and Lokomotyv Kyiv again (1929–1930). Tovarovsky also played for the collective city team of Kiev from 1921–1927 in the All-Ukrainian inter-cities championship.
As a coach, he started in the Kiev army club of
Kiev Military District
The Kiev Military District (; , abbreviated ) was a military district of the Imperial Russian Army and subsequently of the Red Army and Soviet Armed Forces. It was first formed in 1862, and was headquartered in Kiev (Kyiv) for most of its exis ...
(KVO). Later Tovarovsky coached Dynamo Kyiv from 1935–1937 and
FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Foot ...
in 1938. Tovarovsky was a USSR Championship bronze medalist in 1937 and was awarded the title of Merited Sports Coach of the USSR in 1947.
From 1939 Tovarovsky worked in the State Central Lenin Order Institute of Physical Culture (GCOLIFK) as an instructor creating there the department of football and hockey in 1962. After World War II, Tovarovsky was a state coach of the All-Union Committee. In 1950s he was a deputy chairman of coaching council of
Football Section of USSR.
Tovarovsky was buried at the
Don Cemetery in Moscow.
References
External links
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Profile on UkrSoccerHistory
1903 births
1969 deaths
People from Kiev Governorate
Ukrainian footballers
Soviet footballers
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
FC Lokomotyv Kyiv players
FC CSKA Kyiv managers
FC Dynamo Kyiv managers
FC Dynamo Moscow managers
Soviet football managers
Jews from the Russian Empire
Jewish Ukrainian sportspeople
Soviet Jews
Jewish footballers
Association football forwards
Sportspeople from Cherkasy Oblast
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