Kazimir Hnatow

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Kazimir Hnatow
Personal information
Date of birth (1929-11-09)9 November 1929
Place of birth Crusnes, France
Date of death 16 December 2010(2010-12-16) (aged 81)
Place of death Vouillé, France
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1953 Metz 56 (10)
1953–1956
Stade Français
90 (22)
1956–1963 Angers 243 (19)
1963–1966 Niort
International career
1958 France 0 (0)
Managerial career
1963–1966 Niort
1972–1973 Niort
Medal record
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1958 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kazimir (or Casimir) Hnatow (9 November 1929 – 16 December 2010) was a French football player and manager.

Club career

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final, losing 6–3 to Toulouse. He made 243 appearances and scored 19 goals for the Pays de la Loire-based team. He then ended his career in a player-coach role at Chamois Niortais
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International career

Hnatow was part of the French squad which finished third at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but he never won a cap for the France national team.

Managerial career

Hnatow managed amateur side Chamois Niortais in two separate spells; the first as a player-coach from 1963 to 1966, and the second alongside Robert Charrier during the 1972–73 Championnat de France amateur Division 3 season. He is one of three coaches to manage the club on two occasions, the other two being Charrier and Pascal Gastien.

Personal life

Hnatow was of Ukrainian descent.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Braun, Didier. "L'Équipe de France de football, c'est l'histoire en raccourci d'un siècle d'immigration" (PDF). L'Équipe. France. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Disparition de Kazimir Hnatow" (in French). FC Metz Official website. 17 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.

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