Oleksandr Skotsen

Oleksandr Skotsen'
	Skotsen in 1930, age 12
Personal information
Full name	Oleksandr-Bohdan Antonovych Skotsen
Date of birth	28 July 1918
Place of birth	Lemberg, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	1 September 2003 (aged 85)
Place of death	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
?–1931	Bohun Lwów
1931–1934	Tryzub Lwów
Senior career*
Years	Team
1934–1935	Tryzub Lwów
1935–1939	Ukraina Lwów
1940–1941	Dynamo Kyiv
1941–1943	Ukraina Lwów
1944	Žilina
1945–1946	Ukraina Saltsburg
1946	Ukraina Ulm
1946–1947	Phönix-Alemannia Karlsruhe
1948	Olympique Charleroi
1948–1950	Nice
1950–1951	Ukraina Edmonton
1951	Toronto Ukrainians
1951–1955	Toronto Tryzub
Managerial career
1941–1942	Lviv opera
1943	Dovbush Kolomyia (playing)
1943	Lemko Sanok (playing)
1950–1951	Ukraina Edomonton (playing)
1950s	Canada (playing)
1964	Toronto Ukrainians
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Oleksandr Skotsen' (Ukrainian: Олександр-Богдан Антонович Скоцень, Polish: Aleksandr Bogdan Skoceń; 28 July 1918 – 1 September 2003) was a Ukrainian footballer, he played for Tryzub Lviv, Ukraina Lviv, Dynamo Kyiv, Olympique Charleroi and OGC Nice. In 1950 he arrived in Canada, where he played for Ukrainian teams Toronto Ukrainians and Toronto Tryzub.^[2]

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.^[1] In 1934 Skotsen debuted for the Tryzub's senior team.^[1] In 1935-1939 he played Ukraina Lwów in the district league of Lwów Voivodeship.^[1]

During the World War II and Soviet occupation in 1939 Skotsen was added to FC Dynamo Lviv.^[1] In January–April 1940 he was listed as a player of FC Dynamo Moscow.^[1] Later Skotsen was called on to army and was sent to organize army team in Lviv, DKA Lviv.^[1] From September 1940 to June 1941 he was on a roster of FC Dynamo Kyiv.^[1] 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 Ukraina Lwów in 1941–1943.^[1] In 1943 Skotsen was a playing coach for Dovbush Kolomyia and Lemko Sanok.^[1] In 1944 he moved to Slovakia where he joined MŠK Žilina playing at the 1943–44 Slovenská liga.^[1] The next season Skotsen spent in Ukraina Saltzburg. In 1946-47 he played for Ukraina Ulm and Phönix-Alemannia Karlsruhe (a predecessor of Karlsruher SC).^[1]

In 1948 Skotsen played for Olympique Charleroi in the 1947–48 Belgian First Division.^[1] Couple of seasons between 1948 and 1950 he spent playing for OGC Nice.^[1] After that, he emigrated to Canada where he played for several Ukrainian teams.^[1]

Managerial career

Skotsen was the head coach for the Toronto Ukrainians in the National Soccer League in 1964.^[3]

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