Leanid Harai
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Full name
Leanid Paulavich Harai
Date of birth
13 January 1937
Place of birth
Gomel, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Belarus)
(now Belarus)
Date of death
5 August 2019 (aged 82)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leanid Paulavich Harai | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1937 | ||
| Place of birth |
Gomel, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union (now Belarus) | ||
| Date of death | 5 August 2019 (aged 82) | ||
| Place of death | Minsk, Belarus | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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.
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]
