Oleksandr Shchanov

Oleksandr Shchanov
Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr Ivanovych Shchanov
Date of birth	13 July 1924
Place of birth	Ivanovo, Soviet Union
Date of death	6 November 2009 (aged 85)
Place of death	Kyiv, Ukraine
Position(s)	forward/manager
Youth career
1940	Osnova Ivanovo
Senior career*
Years	Team
1946–1952	FC Dynamo Kyiv
1954	ODO Kiev
Managerial career
1952–1954	FC Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
1954–1955	FShM Kyiv (assistant)
1955	Dynamo Kyiv (director)
1955–1956	FC Spartak Stanislav
1957	FC Arsenal Kyiv (assistant)
1957–1959	FC Spartak Stanislav
1959	FC Temp Kyiv (assistant)
1960	FC Avangard Chernihiv
1962–1963	FC Avangard Kharkiv (assistant)
1963	FC SKA Kyiv (assistant)
1964	FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
1965	FC Temp Kyiv
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksandr Shchanov (Ukrainian: Олександр Іванович Щанов, Russian: Александр Иванович Щанов; 13 July 1924 – 6 November 2009) was a Ukrainian football defender, forward, and manager. He was also a World War II veteran who fought in the Eastern Front.

Player career[edit]

Shchanov played in local Osnova Ivanovo since his childhood. Shchanov played for FC Dynamo Kyiv. Due to a knee injury in 1952, he was forced to end his playing career.

Coaching career[edit]

At the beginning of his coaching career, Shchanov trained young players in Dynamo Kyiv. From 1954 to 1955, he trained youth in FShM Kyiv (The Football School Youth). In May 1955, he returned to Dynamo Kyiv, where he worked as a manager of the team. In September 1955, he was invited to lead FC Spartak Stanislav, and by managing this team, he became the champion of the Ukrainian SSR in 1955. He worked with a number of football clubs, including FC Temp Kyiv, FC Avangard Chernihiv, FC Avangard Kharkiv, and FC SKA Kyiv.

Personal life[edit]

In addition to participating in football, Shchanov fought in World War II. His knee injury in 1952 prevented him from continuing his original career as a player.

On 6 November 2009, Oleksandr Ivanovych Shchanov died at the age of 86.^[1]