Kazimierz Piontkowski
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 March 1903[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Warsaw,[1] Congress Poland, Russian Empire | ||
| Date of death | 10 August 1938 (aged 35)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Khabarovsk,[1] Far Eastern Krai, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder[1] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1916 | Kulykovo pole[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1921–1922 | FC Vega Odessa | ||
| 1923–1924 | OGF Odessa | ||
| 1925–1928 | FC Shkirtrest Odessa | ||
| 1928–1935 | FC Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| 1933–1934 | → FC Trudkommuna Bolshevo (penal sentence) | ||
| 1936 | FC Vympel Kyiv | ||
| 1937 | FC Dynamo Khabarovsk | ||
| International career | |||
| 1924–1928 | Odessa city | 8 | (6) |
| 1928–1932 | Kiev city | 5 | (0) |
| 1924–1932 | Ukraine XI[1] | 4 | (0) |
| 1932 | Soviet Union XI[1] | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kazimierz Piontkowski (Ukrainian: Казимир Антонович Піонтковський, Kazymyr Piontkovskyi; b. 4 March [O.S. 19 February] 1903[1] — d. 10 August 1938[1]) was a former Soviet and Ukrainian football player, central midfielder.
Piontkowski was a friend of Sergei Barminskiy who is considered one of the founders of Dynamo Kyiv.[2] Both of them were executed in 1938.
According to journalist Borys Halynskyi, at the end of 1920s the Kiev newspaper "Verchirniy Kyiv" called Piontkowski the "soul of the team".[1]
In 1932 Piontkowski debuted for the Soviet Union national football team in a home game against the Germany Workers' Team winning 3:2.[1]
On 14 October 1937 Piontkowski was arrested by UGB UNKVD (KGB) in Khabarovsk.[1] On 18 July 1938 he was convicted by the USSR NKVD according to the Article 58-1a of the Russian SFSR Penal Code ("treason of the Motherland").[1] Piontkowski was executed by a firing squad a month later on 10 August 1938 in Khabarovsk.[1]
On 30 June 1989 Piontkowski was rehabilitated on a conclusion of the Military Prosecutor's Office of the Red Banner Far Eastern Military District (KDVO) according to the Supreme Soviet Presidium of the Soviet Union (PVS USSR) ukase of 16 January 1989.[1]
Honours[edit]
- Odessa Championship
- Winners (1): 1925[1]
- Soviet Union Dynamiade
- Runners-up (1): 1929[1]
- Ukraine Dynamiade
- Ukraine championship among cities
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Kazimierz Piontkowski at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
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