Viktor Kanevskyi

Soviet footballer (1936-2018)

Viktor Izrailyovych Kanevskyi (Ukrainian: Віктор Ізраїльович Каневський, Russian: Виктор Израилевич Каневский; 3 October 1936 – 25 November 2018) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player and coach. He was born to a Jewish family in Kyiv.[1][2] He played for Soviet national team and for Dynamo Kyiv. He also managed Metalist Kharkiv and Dnipro.

Kanevskyi died in Bristol, Connecticut on 25 November 2018 from brain cancer at the age of 82.[3]

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  1. The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe
  2. "Спорт - Центральный Еврейский Ресурс. Сайт русскоязычных евреев всего мира. Еврейские новости. Еврейские фамилии". Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  3. Умер легендарный украинский футболист - звезда киевского "Динамо" (in Russian)

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