Yuriy Kulishenko

Yuri Kulishenko
Personal information
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1960 Philadelphia Ukrainians ? (?)
Total ? (?)
National team
1959 U.S. Olympic 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Yuri George Kulishenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Кулішенко) was a Ukrainian-American international soccer player who earned one cap for the U.S. National and Olympic Teams in 1959.

Kulishenko played club soccer for the Philadelphia Ukrainians.[1] He was voted MVP of the American Soccer League in 1959.[2]

Kulishenko was a Ukrainian immigrant to U.S.A.[3]

References

  1. (in Ukrainian) Ukrainian Soccer Diaspora
  2. "Yuri Kulishenko Voted MVP In American Soccer League" (PDF). Ukrainian Weekly. May 2, 1959.
  3. (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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