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Sergio Litvak
Personal information
Full name	Sergio Litvak Lijavetzky
Date of birth	17 October 1927
Date of death	19 June 2001 (aged 73)
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1947–1951	Emelec
1952–1957	Universidad Católica
International career
1952	Chile U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sergio Litvak Lijavetzky ( Ukrainian: Сергій Літвяк, 17 October 1927 – 19 June 2001) was a Chilean football goalkeeper.^[1]

Career

Litvak began his professional playing career in Ecuador with Club Sport Emelec in 1947. He played for Club Deportivo Universidad Católica in Chile from 1952 to 1957.^[2]^[3] Litvak was part of the side that won the 1954 Chilean Primera División and was instrumental winning in the final against Colo-Colo, making the start following an injury to regular goalkeeper Sergio Livingstone.^[4] For Universidad Católica, he made forty-nine appearances at league level.^[5]

Litvak was selected to play for Chile at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, but did not participate in any matches.^[6]

^ "Sergio Litvak". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Українські колумби Американського футбола (in Ukrainian). Legioner Kulichki. 21 February 2011.
^ "Ingenierios UC en el deporte" (in Spanish). Ingenieria UC. October 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-03-09.
^ "1954 Pastillas para calmar a Litvak" (in Spanish). Diario la Tercera. 6 December 2010.
^ @Cruzados (June 19, 2018). "Hoy recordamos la partida de Sergio Litvak, un 19 de junio del 2001" ( Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 February 2023 – via Twitter.
^ "Tournaments - Men's Olympic Football Tournament: Helsinki 1952 - Chile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2011.

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