Boris Yakovlevich Levin-Kogan (Russian: Бори́с Я́ковлевич Ле́вин-Ко́ган) (December 31, 1918 – May 10, 1998) was a Soviet association football striker and later midfielder, who played predominantly for Zenit Leningrad. Levin-Kogan was born in Petrograd to a Jewish family.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Boris Yakovlevich Levin-Kogan | ||
| Date of birth | December 31, 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Petrograd | ||
| Date of death | May 10, 1998 | ||
| Place of death | Saint Petersburg | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker, midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1937 | Kirovskiy Zavod Leningrad | 10 | (1) |
| 1938 | Stalinets Leningrad | 2 | (1) |
| 1939—1940 | Avangard Leningrad | 42 | (12) |
| 1941—1951 | Zenit Leningrad | 149 | (13) |
| Total | 203 | (27) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
After retiring, Levin-Kogan worked as a coach for youth teams.
Levin-Kogan died at the age of 79 and was buried in St. Petersburg's Smolensky Cemetery on Vasilievsky Island.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Спорт - Центральный Еврейский Ресурс. Сайт русскоязычных евреев всего мира. Еврейские новости. Еврейские фамилии". Archived from the original on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ "Funeral-SPB.ru | Смоленское православное кладбище". Archived from the original on 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2011-09-30.
External links
edit- Mikhail Grigoryev, Fighter without Fear or Fault, Dec. 26, 2003, Nevskoe Vremya
- In Memoriam, March 6, 2007
- Personal statistics
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