Aleksei Uversky
Russian footballer
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Aleksei Ivanovich Uversky (Russian: Алексей Иванович Уверский) (12 February 1886(NS) – 1942) was an association football player.[2]
Full name
Aleksei Ivanovich Uversky
Date of birth
12 February 1886 (NS)[1]
Place of birth
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date of death
1942 (age 55-56)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksei Ivanovich Uversky | ||
| Date of birth | 12 February 1886 (NS)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Saint Petersburg, Russia | ||
| Date of death | 1942 (age 55-56) | ||
| Place of death | Leningrad, USSR | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1906 | Natsionaly Saint Petersburg | ||
| 1907–1913 | Sport Saint Petersburg | ||
| International career | |||
| 1912 | Russia | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He was born in St Petersburg, illegitimate son of a peasant woman, Euphrosyne Petrovna Lyarskaya and adopted in 1889 by merchant Ivan Osipovich Uversky whose patronymic he took.[1]
Uversky made his debut for Russia on July 1, 1912, in a 1912 Olympics game against Germany.[3]
He was also a keen boxer.[1]
He died during World War II as a civilian during the Siege of Leningrad,[3] reportedly in hospital from wounds received serving on the frontline.[1]
