Anton Shokh
Saturday, March 7, 2009
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Kazakhstan football is mourning the sudden loss of Anton Shokh after the 49-year-old coach of the Under-21 national side and FK Atyrau died of a heart attack after a game against FC Vostok.
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Kazakhstan football is mourning the sudden loss of Anton Shokh after the coach of the Under-21 national side and FK Atyrau died of a heart attack.
'Great loss'
The 49-year-old collapsed after the 2-2 draw at FC Vostok on the first day of the Premier League season. "He felt bad in the dressing room after the final whistle," Shokh's assistant Igor Vostrikov said. "This is a great loss for Kazakhstan football." Shokh won a league title in the Soviet Union with FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in 1988 and added the domestic cup the following year. He took over as U21 coach last month but did not take charge of the team in a match.