Walt Zakaluznyj
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Walt Zakaluznyj was a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 international soccer player who earned two caps for the national team
Canada men's national soccer team
The Canada men's national soccer team represents Canada in international soccer competitions at the senior men's level. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association and compete in the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football .Their most significant...

 in 1957.

He made his professional debut for Sian Przemyśl
Sian Przemyśl
Sian Przemyśl was an ethnic Ukrainian sports club, located in the city of Przemyśl, which in the interbellum period belonged to the Second Polish Republic....

. After World War II, Zakaluznyj moved to West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

 where he lived in a displaced persons camp from 1945 to 1950. He played soccer for a number of teams in Germany such as Ukraina Ulm, Phönix Karlsruhe
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg. KSC rose out of the consolidation of a number of predecessor clubs. They currently play in the 2...

, Dnister Zuffenhausen, Sitch Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg
Jahn Regensburg
SSV Jahn Regensburg is a German association football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The team was part of a larger sports club founded in 1889 as Turnerbund Jahn Regensburg which took its name from Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, whose ideas of gymnastics greatly influenced German sport in the 19th...

 and Schwaben Augsburg.

As a Ukrainian immigrant to Canada, Zakaluznyj played for a number of soccer teams in North America, including the Toronto Ukrainians
Toronto Ukrainians
Toronto Ukrainians is a Canadian soccer team. The club was founded in 30 June 1948 by Ukrainians that had been settled in the Toronto after second world war....

, the Rochester Ukrainians
Rochester Ukrainians
Rochester Ukrainians is an American soccer club based in Rochester, New York. The club was founded by Ukrainians that had been settled in the Rochester after second world war.-External links:*...

, the Toronto Tridents
Toronto Tridents
Toronto Tridents is a Canadian soccer team based in Toronto. The club was founded by Ukrainians that had been settled in Toronto after second world war.-History:...

, and the Montreal Ukrainians
Montreal Ukrainians
Montreal Ukrainians is a Canadian soccer team based in Montreal. The club was founded by Ukrainians that had been settled in Montreal after second world war.-History:...

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