Ernest Yust (Hungarian: Ernő Juszt, Ukrainian: Ернест Юст; 1927–1992) was a Soviet and Hungarian football player and later Soviet coach.
Overview
Native of Užhorod, Czechoslovakia, Yust started his football career in the Kingdom of Hungary after it annexed territories of Czechoslovakia following the 1938 First Vienna Award which included the city of Užhorod/Ungvar.
From 1940 to 1946 played for Ungvari AC (УАК) (Ungvar, today Uzhhorod), 1947/1948 and 1959/1960 for Spartak Uzhgorod, from 1949 to 1958 — for Dynamo Kyiv. With Dynamo Kyiv he won USSR Cup in 1954 and silver medal in USSR Championship in 1952. In Soviet Premier League played 123 matches, scored 1 goal.
In 1956 Yust played couple of games for Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[1]
He was of the most prominent coaches in Karpaty Lviv's history — he won USSR Cup in 1969, played in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and brought Karpaty to Soviet Top League, where it finished 4th two times - 1976 (spring) and 1976 (autumn) - that has been the biggest achievement in Karpaty' history.
Titles
As player
- USSR Cup: 1954 (Dinamo Kiev)
As head coach (manager)
- USSR Cup: 1969 (Karpaty Lviv)
Legacy
Starting from 2000, the Lviv Association of Football (Lviv Oblast Football Federation) organizes an annual competition named "Memorial Ernesta Yusta".[2]
References
External links
- Profile at the Kopanyi-Myach
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