Oleksandr Shpakovsky

Aleksandr Vikentyevich Shpakovsky (Russian: Александр Викентьевич Шпаковский) (1899–1938) was a Soviet football player.

Aleksandr Shpakovsky

Personal information
Full name	Aleksandr Vikentyevich Shpakovsky
Date of birth	1899
Place of birth	Kharkiv, Russian Empire
Date of death	9 June 1938(1938-06-09) (aged 38–39)
Place of death	Kharkiv, USSR
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1913–1915	Diana Kharkiv
1915–1916	Matrosse Kharkiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1916–1919	Yanus Kharkiv
1920–1922	OLS Kharkiv
1923–1924	Shturm Kharkiv
1925–1927	Rabis Kharkiv
1928–1934	Dynamo Kharkiv
International career
1924	USSR	1	(1)
1923–1931	Ukraine
Managerial career
1935–1936	Dynamo Kharkiv
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Shpakovsky was educated as an orthopedist and worked at the Kharkov Institute of Orthopedics.^[1]

He was interested in football, tennis, bandy, handball and athletics.^[1]

On 14 March 1938 Shpakovsky was arrested by the NKVD and accused of anti-Soviet activities. He was executed by firing squad on 9 June 1938. In 1958 he was rehabilitated and cleared of all charges.

Career

Shpakovsky played his only game for USSR on 16 November 1924, a friendly against Turkey and scoring in that game.

In 1934 he finished his football career.^[1]

Honours

• USSR football champion: 1924
• Ukrainian SSR tennis champion^[1]
• silver medals of the USSR Bandy (Russian hockey) Championship: 1928^[1]