Leonid Alfonsovich Ostrovski (Russian: Леонид Альфонсович Островский, Ukrainian: Леонід Альфонсович Островський, Latvian: Leonīds Ostrovskis; 17 January 1936 in Riga – 17 April 2001 in Kyiv) was a Soviet football player and manager of Jewish origin.[1]
Honours
- Soviet Top League winner: 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968
- Soviet Cup winner: 1960, 1964, 1966
International career
Ostrovski made his debut for the national team on 18 November 1961 in a friendly against Argentina (he was selected for the 1958 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not play in any games at the tournament).
He played in two World Cups: 1962 and 1966. He was the only footballer from Latvia for the Soviet Union in the World Cups.
References
- ^ "YIVO | Sport: Jews in Sport in the USSR". www.yivoencyclopedia.org. Archived from the original on 29 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
External links
- Profile (in Russian) Archived 22 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- KLISF profile
- Profile (in Russia)
- Leonid Ostrovski at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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