Juri Kulischenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Куліщенко; 27 November 1930 – 27 October 1994), also spelled Yuri Kulishenko, was a Ukrainian American international soccer player who earned one cap for the U.S. National and Olympic Teams in 1959. He was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 November 1930 | ||
| Place of birth | Pavlohrad, Soviet Ukraine | ||
| Date of death | 27 October 1994 (aged 63)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Frankfurt, Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1957–1960 | Philadelphia Ukrainians | ? | (?) |
| Total | ? | (?) | |
| International career | |||
| 1959 | U.S. Olympic | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kulishenko played club soccer for the Philadelphia Ukrainians.[2] He was voted MVP of the American Soccer League in 1959.[3]
Kulishenko was born in Pavlohrad, Soviet Ukraine. Following the Second World War, he was in a displaced persons camp in Germany with his mother, Maria (later Popenko), and elder brother, Wladimir (1925–1990).[4] They immigrated to the United States in 1952 and he became an American citizen in 1953.[1][5][6] He worked as a civil engineer.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Juri Kulischenko". The Central New Jersey Home News. 3 November 1994. p. 21. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Ukrainian Soccer Diaspora
- ^ "Yuri Kulishenko Voted MVP In American Soccer League" (PDF). Ukrainian Weekly. May 2, 1959.
- ^ Europe, Registration of Foreigners and German Persecutees, 1939-1947
- ^ New York, U.S., Index to Petitions for Naturalization filed in New York City, 1792–1989
- ^ (in Ukrainian) Football Federation of Ukraine profile
- Kirsch, George B.; Harris, Othello; Nolte, Claire Elaine (April 2000). Encyclopedia of ethnicity and sports in the United States. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 475. ISBN 978-0-313-29911-7.
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