Leanid Harai
Personal information
Full name Leanid Paulavich Harai
Date of birth (1937-01-13)13 January 1937
Place of birth Gomel, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Belarus)
Date of death 5 August 2019(2019-08-05) (aged 82)
Place of death Minsk, Belarus
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1955 FShM Minsk
1956–1957 Spartak Minsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1959 Spartak Minsk 43 (0)
1960 FC Urozhay Minsk 32 (0)
1961 Belarus Minsk 9 (0)
1962–1963 SKA Minsk 43 (0)
1964–1966 Spartak Brest 45 (0)
Managerial career
1966–1968 Spartak Brest (assistant)
1969–1970 Spartak Brest (director)
1976–1978 Dinamo Brest (director)
1978–1986 Dinamo Minsk (director)
1988–1993 Dinamo Minsk (director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leanid Paulavich Harai (Belarusian: Леанід Паўлавіч Гарай; Russian: Леонид Павлович Гарай; 13 January 1937 – 5 August 2019) was a Soviet footballer and manager.

Playing career

Harai's father was killed in World War II when he was age 4. After the war, Harai began playing football at school in Brest and then Minsk. He would join FC Spartak Minsk's senior side where he began playing in the second-tier Soviet Class B league. In 1960, Harai joined FC Urozhay Minsk. The following season he joined FC Belarus Minsk, a club composed of several former Spartak and Urozhay players, which competed in the 1961 Soviet Top League. Harai finished his playing career with spells at FC SKA Minsk and FC Spartak Brest.[1][2]

Coaching career

After he retired from playing, Harai embarked on a managerial career. He led FC Spartak Brest to its highest-ever level in Soviet football, reaching the 1969 Soviet Class A Second Group.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Леонид Гарай: "Всё у меня хорошо"". pressball.by (in Russian). 16 January 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Умер известный белорусский футболист и тренер Леонид Гарай" (in Russian). Belarusian Telegraph Agency. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.


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