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 place1958 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

A midfielder], Hnatow began his career at Metz in 1951, where he spent two seasons, making 56 appearances and scoring ten goals. In 1953, he joined Stade Français. He spent three seasons at the Parisian club, making 29 appearances and scoring nine goals. He then joined Angers in 1956, and in the following year, he was a runner-up in the Coupe de France 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.

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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