Volodymyr Fomin

Volodymyr Vasilyevich Fomin (Russian: Владимир Васильевич Фомин; 1902, Kharkov – 1942, Kharkov) was a Ukrainian footballer and coach. He was the oldest brother of Kostiantyn Fomin and Mykola Fomin.

Volodymyr Fomin

Personal information
Full name	Volodymyr Vasilyevich Fomin
Date of birth	1902 (1902)
Place of birth	Kharkiv, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire
Date of death	1942 (aged 39–40)
Place of death	Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Shtandart Kharkiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1922	OLS Kharkiv
1923–1925	KFK Kharkiv
1926–1927	ORK Kharkiv
1928–1936	Dynamo Kharkiv
Managerial career
1937	Dynamo Kharkiv
1938	Dynamo Kyiv
1939–1941	Dynamo Kharkiv
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 May 2012

Volodymyr played for FC Dynamo Kharkiv between 1928 and 1936 during which he was Bronze medalist at the USSR Championships in 1935. He coached the club in 1937 and 1938 - 1941 and a brief spell in 1938 managing Dynamo Kiev. He played for the Soviet Union several times in unofficial matches in the mid-1920s.^[1] In 1942 he was executed by the German occupiers (or "fascists") for hiding a Jew.^[2]