Makar Honcharenko
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Makar Mykhaylovych Honcharenko | ||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1912 | ||
| Place of birth |
Kiev, Russian Empire | ||
| Date of death | 1 April 1997 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Kyiv, Ukraine | ||
| Height | 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1929 | Kommunalnik | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1931–1932 | ZhelDor Kyiv | ||
| 1932–1934 | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | ||
| 1935–1939 | Dynamo Kyiv | 77 | (27) |
| 1940 | Lokomotyv Kyiv | 10 | (3) |
| 1941 | Spartak Odesa | 3 | (0) |
| 1942 | Start Kyiv | ||
| 1945 | Dynamo Kyiv | 5 | (0) |
| 1946 | Chornomorets Odesa | 15 | (2) |
| 1947 | Spartak Kherson | ? | (?) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1962 | Avanhard Zhovti Vody | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Makar Mykhaylovych Honcharenko (
Biography
Honcharenko was born in a poor working family. In order to help his family, he had to repair footwear early in his childhood. All his free time was dedicated to football.
His career started in 1929. when he started playing for a junior football team of the factory Kommunalnik. Then he played for a Dombalya tram factory team. After that he moved to ZhelDor, where he became a first choice player in 1931.
In the autumn of 1934 Sergey Bartminskiy, the former deputy of the
In 1934 he returned to Kyiv and started playing for Dynamo Kyiv. In 1935 he played for Kyiv city team in the USSR championship. After that he was called to the
He played a football player in a film called The Goalkeeper, which was shot in 1936.
1938 was the best year of his career. Honcharenko was awarded The Best Scorer of the USSR football championship after he scored 19 goals in 24 matches, but was excluded from The best 33 USSR football players.
The season 1939 was a failure - Honcharenko played in 23 games and scored only twice. After this season he left Dynamo for
During the
Soon he was found by Nikolai Trusevich and was offered a workplace at the bakery #1, where he was able to play for a factory football team Start Kyiv.
In June 1942 Start was allowed to organise friendly games in Kyiv. Honcharenko was a part of the game that later by the Soviet propaganda called it as Death Match. Some time after he was arrested. First, he was held in a solitary confinement by the Gestapo, then, in September 1942 he was transferred to Syrets concentration camp. There along with M. Sviridovskiy he was repairing boots for German soldiers.
In September 1943 he escaped from the camp and returned home, where his neighbours helped him to hide.
After the war he was inspected by NKVD and was allowed to join Dynamo Kyiv.
In 1946 he played for Pischevik Odessa for one year, then he moved to
After the retirement he worked as a coach in
Honours
Team
- Silver medallist of the USSR Championship: 1936 (Spring)
- Bronze medallist of the Soviet Union Championship: 1937
- Ukrainian SSR Cup champion: 1937, 1938
- Champion of the Ukrainian SSR: 1936
- Silver medallist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic: 1934
Personal
- The best scorer of the USSR championship: 1938 (19)
Remembrance
In September 1964, the
