Boris Levin-Kogan

Boris Yakovlevich Levin-Kogan (Russian: Бори́с Я́ковлевич Ле́вин-Ко́ган) (December 31, 1918 – May 10, 1998) was a Soviet association football striker and later midfielder, who played predominantly for Zenit Leningrad. Levin-Kogan was born in Petrograd to a Jewish family.[1]

Boris Levin-Kogan
Personal information
Full name Boris Yakovlevich Levin-Kogan
Date of birth December 31, 1918
Place of birth Petrograd
Date of death May 10, 1998
Place of death Saint Petersburg
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937 Kirovskiy Zavod Leningrad 10 (1)
1938 Stalinets Leningrad 2 (1)
1939—1940 Avangard Leningrad 42 (12)
1941—1951 Zenit Leningrad 149 (13)
Total 203 (27)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

After retiring, Levin-Kogan worked as a coach for youth teams.

Levin-Kogan died at the age of 79 and was buried in St. Petersburg's Smolensky Cemetery on Vasilievsky Island.[2]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2009-10-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2011-09-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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