Mykhaylo Mykhalyna

Mykhaylo Mykhaylovich Mykhalyna (Hungarian: Mihály Mihalina, Slovak: Michal Michalinа, Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Михалина, Russian: Михаил Михайлович Михалина, Rusyn: Михаил Михалина; 15 March 1924 – 30 August 1998) was a Czechoslovakian, Hungarian, Ukrainian and Soviet professional football player, Soviet-Ukrainian football manager and coach. He was the Master of Sports of USSR (1952) and the Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR (1955). From 1977 to 1983 and 1991 to 1995 he was the president of the Football Federation of Zakarpattia Oblast.

Mihály Mihalina / Mykhaylo Mykhalyna

Personal information
Full name	Mykhaylo Mykhaylovich Mykhalyna
Date of birth	(1924-03-15)15 March 1924
Place of birth	Poroshkovo, Carpathian Ruthenia, First Czechoslovak Republic
Date of death	30 August 1998(1998-08-30) (aged 74)
Place of death	Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine
Position(s)	Defender, Midfielder
Youth career
1937–1938	SC Rusj Uzhorod
1939–1943	SK Rusj Ungvár
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1943–1944	SK Rusj Ungvár
1945	Dynamo Uzhhorod
1946–1948	Spartak Uzhhorod
1948–1955	Dynamo Kyiv	108	(4)
1956	Spartak Uzhhorod	16	(1)
International career
1952–1955	Ukrainian SSR
1952–1955	USSR-2
Managerial career
1945	Dynamo Uzhhorod
1956–1961	Spartak Uzhhorod
1963–1968	Verkhovyna Uzhhorod
1969–1970	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
1971	Bukovyna Chernivtsi
1975	FC Hoverla Uzhhorod
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Honours

• Soviet Cup winner: 1954.
• Silver medal of USSR Championship: 1952.
• In the list of the 33 best players (twice №2): 1952

International career

Aside from being named one of the 33 best players in the USSR for 1952, Mykhalyna made his debut for USSR-2 on 26 September 1954 in a friendly against Hungary.^[1]

See also

Other famous Soviet Magyar footballers:

• Yozhef Betsa
• Fedir Medvid
• Vasyl Rats
• Yozhef Szabo