Ostap Steckiw

Ostap Steckiw (Ukrainian: Остап Стецьків) (March 14, 1924 – April 13, 2001) was a Canadian soccer player who earned 1 cap for the Canadian national side against the United States in 1957, scoring one goal. During World War II he was a member of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army. He was awarded the UPA Golden Cross.

Ostap Steckiw

Personal information
Date of birth	(1924-03-14)March 14, 1924
Place of birth	Lwów, Poland
Date of death	April 13, 2001(2001-04-13) (aged 77)[1]
Place of death	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1939,1941–1943	Ukraina Lviv
1946	Ukraina Salzburg
1946	Ukraina Ulm
1946–1947	Phönix Karlsruhe	24	(2)
1948	Charleroi	0	(0)
1948–1950	Nice	8	(0)
1950	Valenciennes	15	(5)
1950–1951	Lyon	25	(4)
1951–1955	Toronto Ukrainians
1955–1956	Rochester Ukrainians
1955–1959	Montreal Ukrainians
1956	Toronto Tridents
1959	Philadelphia Ukrainians
1959–1960	Toronto Ukrainians
1961–1963	Toronto Inter–Roma
International career
1957	Canada	1	(1)
Managerial career
1961–1963	Toronto Inter–Roma
1968	Toronto Ukrainians
1974	Toronto Ukrainians
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

He played club football for ST Ukraina Lviv, Phönix Karlsruhe, Charleroi, Nice, Valenciennes, Lyon, Toronto Ukrainians, and Rochester Ukrainians.^[2]

In 1942 Steckiw became the champion of Halychyna playing for ST Ukraina Lwów. In 1957 he was the Canadian Challenger's Cup holder playing for Montreal Ukrainians.^[3]

International career

He played a single game for Canada in Saint Louis against the United States along with two other Ukrainian Canadians: Mike Bereza and Walt Zakaluznyj. Steckiw scored his only goal for Canada in this match, helping to lead his team to a 3-2 victory over the USA.

Managerial career

After retiring Steckiw in 1961 served as a player-coach with Toronto's Inter-Roma originally in the National Soccer League (NSL) then later in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League.^[4] On June 27, 1963 he resigned as head coach and was replaced by Renato Seghini.^[5] In 1968, he returned to manage in the NSL with Toronto Ukraina.^[6] He was named the head coach for Toronto Ukraina once more for the 1974 season.^[7]

He created a soccer museum in Toronto. In 1946 in city of Ulm, West Germany Steckiw created a football team "Ukraina".