Oleksandr Skotsen' (, ; 28 July 1918 – 1 September 2003) was a Ukrainian footballer, he played for Tryzub Lviv, Ukraina Lviv,

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, Olympique Charleroi and

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. In 1950 he arrived in

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, where he played for Ukrainian teams

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and Toronto Tryzub.

Biography

Skotsen started out in junior team of Bohun Lwów, but after it was closed down by the Polish authorities in 1931, he continued to play at Tryzub Lwów. In 1934 Skotsen debuted for the Tryzub's senior team. In 1935-1939 he played

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 ethn ...

in the district league of

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. During the

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and Soviet occupation in 1939 Skotsen was added to

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. In January–April 1940 he was listed as a player of

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. Later Skotsen was called on to army and was sent to organize army team in

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, DKA Lviv. From September 1940 to June 1941 he was on a roster of

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. After the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Skotsen returned to Lviv where he coached a local team of the city opera and played for the revived

in 1941–1943. In 1943 Skotsen was a playing coach for Dovbush Kolomyia and Lemko Sanok. In 1944 he moved to Slovakia where he joined

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playing at the

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. The next season Skotsen spent in Ukraina Saltzburg. In 1946-47 he played for Ukraina Ulm and Phönix-Alemannia Karlsruhe (a predecessor of

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). In 1948 Skotsen played for Olympique Charleroi in the

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Belgian Pro League seasons 1947–48 in Belgian footba ...

. Couple of seasons between 1948 and 1950 he spent playing for

. After that, he emigrated to

where he played for several Ukrainian teams.

Managerial career

Skotsen was the head coach for the

in the

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in 1964.

Honours

* Lviv region ( Polish regional A-Class) ** Runners-up: 1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39 * President of Poland's Football Cup ** Winner: 1938 * Championship of Galicia Distrikt ** Winner: 1942

Publication

* "З футболом у світ. Спомини" (With football to the World. Recollections). Toronto, 1985 *
Львівський "батяр" у київському "Динамо"
(Lviv "

batiar (; ), a popular name for a certain class of inhabitants of city of Lviv. It is considered a part of the city's subculture, Lviv's ''knajpa'' lifestyle, and became a phenomenon at the beginning of the twentieth century, although its roots go ba ...

" in Kievan "Dynamo"). Kiev, 1992 (republished)

References

External links

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