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Lev Yashin
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'''Lev Ivanovich Yashin''' (
Russian language Russian: '''Лев ИваÌ?нович ЯÌ?шин''') (
October 22,
1929 -
March 20,
1990) was a
USSR_national_football_team Soviet football (soccer) goalkeeper, arguably the best ever in the
sport, known for his supreme atheleticism in goal, imposing stature (he was 6' 3", 190 cm) and amazing reflex saves.
Life and Career
Yashin was born in
Moscow in a family of industrial workers. Still twelve years old in summer of
1942, during the
World War II, he started to work as the helper at metal workshops.
He played his entire career for
FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow sports club, from
1949 to
1971, winning the football championship of the
Soviet Union USSR five times and the USSR Cup three times. He also won a USSR
ice hockey championship (
1953) as a goalkeeper for his club after three disastrous tryout attempts to get his place in the starting line-up of the main football team. Yashin's club team-mate, rival and mentor was 'Tiger' Khomich, the keeper of the Soviet national team, who had become famous for his role in
FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow's
Great Britain British tour.
In
1954, Yashin was finally called up to the
USSR_national_football_team national team, with which he would win 78
cap (football) caps and the titles at the
1956 Summer Olympics and the
1960 European Football Championship 1960 European Championship. As a member of the
USSR national football team USSR team he played in three
Football World Cup World Cup finals (
Football World Cup 1958 1958,
Football World Cup 1962 1962 and
Football World Cup 1966 1966). Always ready to give advice to his comrades, he even made his fourth trip to the World Cup finals in
Football World Cup 1970 1970 as the third-choice back-up and an aide. Yashin is credited for four
clean sheets out of 13 games played in WC finals. In
1971 in Moscow he played his last match for Dynamo Moscow against European stars.
Image:Yashin black panther.jpg right|thumb|Due to a distinctive all-black outfit, acrobatic saves and agility, Yashin was known as the ''Black Panther''
One of his best performances was the
1963 Football Association FA Centenary match when he appeared in the 'Rest of the World XI' against {{nft|England}} at
Wembley Stadium and made a number of the breathtaking and almost unbelievable saves. Known all over the world as the 'Black Panther' for his distinctive all-black outfit, acrobatic saves and agility, he was feared by his opponents who also called him "Black Spider" and "Black Octopus" because of his very long hands. He often played wearing a cloth cap of burnt-brick colour.
Lev Yashin is the only goalkeeper ever to win the
European Footballer of the Year Award (
1963). He is also believed to have blocked around 150
penalty kicks during his career; far more than any other goalkeeper in history. When asked for his secret, he would say the trick was "to have a smoke to calm your nerves, then toss back a strong drink to tone your muscles."
For his outstanding service to the people and for his country he was awarded
Order of Lenin (
1967), the second highest award of the USSR. Lev Yashin's
FIFA testimonial match was held at the
Lenin Stadium in Moscow with 100,000 fans attending, and a host of stars and superstars, including
Pelé,
Eusebio and
Franz Beckenbauer. For some time he coached minor league and youth
soccer teams in
Finland.
Bronze statue of Lev Yashin was erected at the
Dinamo Stadium in Moscow. In
2000, FIFA polls placed Yashin in the "Century XI" team, and also named him 'World - Keeper of the Century' ahead of
Gordon Banks.
Lev Yashin died in
1990 of complications caused by an earlier amputation of one of his legs following a knee injury.
He is remembered as a brilliant goalkeeper and a true
sportsman.
FIFA established Lev Yashin Award for the best goalkeeper of the World Cup finals.
Quotes
*"What kind of a goalkeeper is the one who is not tormented by the goal he has allowed? He must be tormented! And if he is calm, that means the end. No matter what he had in the past, he has no future."
*"The joy of seeing
Yuri Gagarin flying in space is only superseded by the joy of a good penalty save."
*"There have only been two world-class
goalkeepers. One was Lev Yashin, the other was the
Germany German boy who played in
Manchester City F.C. Manchester —
Bert Trautmann Trautmann."
Statistics
*812 career games played
*326 games played for
FC Dynamo Moscow Dynamo Moscow main line-up (soccer team)
*75 caps for the {{nft|USSR}} national team (70 goals conceded)
*13 caps at the
Football World Cup World Cup (4
clean sheets)
*2
FIFA 'Rest of the World XI' appearances (
1963-vs
England,
1968- vs
Brazil)
*
FIFA testimonial match (
1971)
*480 career
clean sheets
*150 career
penalty kick (soccer) penalty kick saves
Awards
Domestic
*1
gold medal for the
USSR ice hockey championship
*5 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze medals for the
USSR championships (soccer)
*3 times
USSR Cup winner
International
*1
Olympic gold medal
*1 gold medal as the
European Football Championship European Championship winner
*1 silver medal as the European Championship runner-up
Other achievements
*
European Footballer of the Year "
Golden Ball" Award (
1963)
*4th place in the
Football World Cup World Cup finals (
1966)
*3 times The
Best Goalkeeper of the USSR (
1960,
1963,
1966)
*22 official seasons with the same club (
1950-
1970)
*
Order of Lenin (
1967)
*
Olympic Order (
1986)
*
FIFA Golden Order for Merits (
1988)
*Golden medal of 'Hammer and Sickle' (star) of
Hero of Socialist Labor with
Order of Lenin (equals to military award of
Hero of the Soviet Union) (
1989)
*
FIFA '
World-Keeper of the Century' title and FIFA 'Century XI' team membership (
2000)
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Category:1929 births Yashin, Lev
Category:1990 deaths Yashin, Lev
Category:Soviet footballers Yashin, Lev
Category:Football (soccer) goalkeepers Yashin, Lev
Category:European Footballers of the Year Yashin, Lev
Category:Olympic competitors for the Soviet Union Yashin, Lev
Category:Muscovites Yashin, Lev
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