Ivan Ivanovitch Stankevich (, 11 April 1914, Moscow, Russian Empire — 28 November 1978, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet football player. He played as defense for Moscow clubs Lokomotiv and

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Early life

Ivan Stankevich was born on April 11, 1914, in

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as a son of

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professor Ivan Stankevitch. After graduating from the Moscow Institute of Transport Engineers, he taught theoretical mechanics in the Department of Theoretical Mechanics and Hydraulics at the Moscow Machine Tool Institute from 1953 to 1976. He was a candidate of technical sciences and also Deputy Dean of the evening faculty of the Institute.

Football

As a young man, he played for Moscow teams "Factory" named after F. E. Dzerzhinsky («Завод имени Ф. Э. Дзержинского») and "Sniper" («Снайпер»). From 1937 to 1939, he played for Lokomotiv. on August 11, he debuted in the USSR league in a match against Dynamo Leningrad, as a substitute for Ilya Gvozdkov. While playing in Lokomotiv, he trained at the Institute of railway engineers and received the specialty of track engineer. In 1940, he transferred to

. With the White-Blues, he became a two-time national champion and a three-time silver medalist. He played in a USSR Cup Final, where his team lost against CDKA. In 1948, he was awarded the title of "Master of Sport." He retired from football due to multiple injuries. In 1945 he was a member of the Dynamo tour in the UK.Soccer - Dynamo Moscow's Tour of Britain - Chelsea v Dynamo Moscow
/ref> From 1949 to 1951 he was an assistant coach at Dynamo.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stankevich, Ivan Soviet men's footballers FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Dynamo Moscow players Soviet Top League players Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Footballers from Moscow 1914 births 1978 deaths Men's association football defenders