Ostap Volodymyrovych Savka (Ukrainian: Остап Володимирович Савка; 4 April 1947 – 10 August 2022) was a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ostap Volodymyrovych Savka | ||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1947 | ||
| Place of birth | Drohobych, Drohobych Oblast, Ukrainian SSR | ||
| Date of death | 10 August 2022 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Lviv, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Naftovyk Drohobych | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1967 | Naftovyk Drohobych | 82 | (1) |
| 1967–1969 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | (0) |
| 1970–1977 | Karpaty Lviv | 195 | (16) |
| 1977–1978 | Sokil Lviv | ? | (?) |
| 1979 | Kolos Nikopol | 19 | (0) |
| 1980 | Krystal Kherson | 39 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editBorn in Drohobych, Savka began his football career in Naftovyk in his native city. In the 1968–69 season, he played 26 matches for FC Shakhtar Donetsk and transferred from there to Karpaty Lviv, later becoming a captain of this club (in nine seasons in the team, he played 194 matches and scored 16 goals, played in the debut European Cup campaign of Karpaty in 1970).
After the end of his career, Savka, whose last clubs were Kolos Nikopol and Krystal Kherson, worked as a children football trainer in the Youth Sportive School #4 in Lviv. Among his pupils were Ukrainian football players Oleh Tymchyshyn and Andriy Klymenko.[1]
Savka died in Lviv on 10 August 2022, at the age of 75.[2]
References
edit- ^ Помер легендарний екскапітан «Карпат», автор історичного хет-трику у чемпіонаті Радянського Союзу (in Ukrainian). fakty.ua. 17 August 2022.
- ^ Перестало битися серце Остапа Савки... (in Ukrainian). FC Karpaty Official Site. 17 August 2022.
Further reading
edit- Пилипчук, Павло (2006). "Карпати" від А до Я (1963—2005 рр.) (in Ukrainian). Lviv: Галицька видавнича спілка. ISBN 966-7893-51-0.
External links
edit- Ostap Savka at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)