Leonid Ostrovski

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alfonsovich and the family name is Ostrovski.

Leonid Alfonsovich Ostrovski (Russian: Леонид Альфонсович Островский, Ukrainian: Леонід Альфонсович Островський, Latvian: Leonīds Ostrovskis; 17 January 1936 in Riga – 17 April 2001 in Kyiv) was a Soviet football player and manager of Jewish origin.^[1]

Leonid Ostrovski

Personal information
Full name	Leonid Alfonsovich Ostrovski
Date of birth	(1936-01-17)17 January 1936
Place of birth	Riga, Latvia
Date of death	17 April 2001(2001-04-17) (aged 65)
Place of death	Kyiv, Ukraine
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	VEF Rīga
	FK Daugava Rīga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1955	FK Daugava Rīga
1956–1962	FC Torpedo Moscow
1963–1968	FC Dynamo Kyiv
1970	FC Mashuk Pyatigorsk
International career
1958–1966	Soviet Union	9	(0)
Managerial career
1971	FC Dnipro Cherkasy
1974	FC Start Chuhuiv
1975–1976	Skury Tsalenjikha
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Honours

• Soviet Top League winner: 1960, 1966, 1967, 1968
• Soviet Cup winner: 1960, 1964, 1966

International career

Ostrovski made his debut for the national team on 18 November 1961 in a friendly against Argentina (he was selected for the 1958 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not play in any games at the tournament).

He played in two World Cups: 1962 and 1966. He was the only footballer from Latvia for the Soviet Union in the World Cups.