Mike Korotkich

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Mike Korotkich
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-12-09) 9 December 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1982 Hibernian 0 (0)
1982–1984 Meadowbank Thistle 28 (2)
1984–1985 Shamrock Rovers
1985–1986 Meadowbank Thistle 15 (0)
1986–1987 Berwick Rangers 6 (1)
1987–1988 Hawick Royal Albert
Armadale Thistle
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mike Korotkich (born 26 March 1963) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Meadowbank Thistle, Shamrock Rovers and Berwick Rangers. [1]

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Club career

Korotkich started his career with Hibernian but left the club in 1982 without making a single first team appearance. [2]

Following his departure from Easter Road, he signed for Meadowbank Thistle and made his first team debut in a Scottish League Cup tie away against Montrose on 25 August 1982. [3]

In 1984, Korotkich left Thistle to play in Ireland. However, after one season, he returned to Scotland and re-signed with Meadowbank Thistle. [4]

After 43 appearances over two spells for Meadowbank Thistle, he left to join Berwick Rangers in 1986. [5]

Korotkich spent one season with The Wee Rangers before signing for Hawick Royal Albert as a player-coach in 1987. [6] Despite a brief return to Meadowbank Thistle on trial later that year, he remained with The Royalists until January 1988 when he left the club for personal reasons. [7] [8]

He later signed for Armadale Thistle and scored a league record 42 goals in the 1988–1989 season. [9]

Personal life

In September 2019, Korotkich was playing golf with former Hearts manager Jim Jefferies when the latter suffered a heart attack. Korotkich's wife was part of the paramedic team that were called for Jeffries. [10] [11]

References

  1. "Mike Korotkich". Neil Brown.
  2. "Operation". Edinburgh Evening News. 11 October 1982.
  3. "HAGART TALK-IN AFTER FALKIRK 'FREE GIFT' GAME". Edinburgh Evening News. 23 August 1982.
  4. "Welsh Will Send Tickets For Vital World Cup Clash". The Glasgow Herald. 20 July 1985.
  5. "NEW SOUTH WALES". Edinburgh Evening News. 4 June 1986.
  6. "New player/coach' for Royalists". Southern Reporter. 25 June 1987.
  7. "Train on target". Southern Reporter. 10 December 1987.
  8. "Coach quits". Southern Reporter. 14 January 1988.
  9. "FOOTBALL REPORTER". Edinburgh Evening News. 19 April 1993.
  10. "JEFFERIES". The Scottish Mail on Sunday. 26 January 2020.
  11. "Interview: Jim Jefferies on his near death experience and why he would have stepped in as Hearts caretaker". The Scotsman. 16 November 2019.