 After World War II, Zakaluznyj moved to West Germany 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, Dnister Zuffenhausen, Sitch Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg and Schwaben Augsburg.As a Ukrainian immigrant to Canada, Zakaluznyj played for a number of soccer teams in North America, including the Toronto Ukrainians, the Rochester Ukrainians, the Toronto Tridents, and the Montreal Ukrainians.