Yuriy Kulishenko

Yuri George Kulishenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Кулішенко) was a Ukrainian American international soccer player who earned one cap for the U.S. National and Olympic Teams in 1959.

Yuri Kulishenko

Personal information
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1957–1960	Philadelphia Ukrainians	?	(?)
Total		?	(?)
International career
1959	U.S. Olympic	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kulishenko played club soccer for the Philadelphia Ukrainians.^[1] He was voted MVP of the American Soccer League in 1959.^[2]

Kulishenko was a Ukrainian immigrant to U.S.A.^[3]

References

1. (in Ukrainian) Ukrainian Soccer Diaspora
2. "Yuri Kulishenko Voted MVP In American Soccer League" (PDF). Ukrainian Weekly. May 2, 1959.
3. (in Ukrainian) Football Federation of Ukraine profile

• Kirsch, George B.; Harris, Othello; Nolte, Claire Elaine (April 2000). Encyclopedia of ethnicity and sports in the United States. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 475. ISBN 978-0-313-29911-7.