Lev Yashin

Lev Yashin
Yashin in 1965
Personal information
Full name Lev Ivanovich Yashin
Date of birth (1929-10-22)22 October 1929
Place of birth Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death 20 March 1990(1990-03-20) (aged 60)
Place of death Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1948–1950 Dynamo Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1970 Dynamo Moscow 326 (0)
National team
1956 Soviet Union Olympic 6 (0)
1954–1970 Soviet Union 74 (0)
Honours
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne
UEFA European Championship
Winner 1960 France
Runner-up 1964 Spain
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Lev Yashin (22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990) was a former Russian football player. He had played for Dynamo Moscow and Soviet Union national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, while some even considering him to be the greatest.[2]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Soviet Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dynamo Moscow 1950 Top League 2 0 0 0 2 0
1951 0 0
1952 0 0
1953 13 0 5 0 18 0
1954 24 0 1 0 25 0
1955 22 0 4 0 26 0
1956 19 0 0 0 19 0
1957 12 0 0 0 12 0
1958 6 0 0 0 6 0
1959 19 0 0 0 19 0
1960 18 0 2 0 20 0
1961 19 0 2 0 21 0
1962 17 0 0 0 17 0
1963 27 0 2 0 29 0
1964 28 0 3 0 31 0
1965 20 0 0 0 20 0
1966 8 0 0 0 8 0
1967 20 0 6 0 26 0
1968 17 0 2 0 19 0
1969 22 0 2 0 24 0
1970 13 0 3 0 16 0
Career total 326 0 32 0 358 0

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Soviet Union 1954 2 0
1955 4 0
1956 10 0
1957 5 0
1958 6 0
1959 2 0
1960 5 0
1961 5 0
1962 7 0
1963 4 0
1964 7 0
1965 5 0
1966 7 0
1967 5 0
Total 74 0

Other statistics

Honours

Football

Dynamo Moscow

  • Soviet Top League: 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963
  • Soviet Cup: 1953, 1966–67, 1970; runner-up: 1955

Soviet Union

Individual

  • European Goalkeeper of the Year: 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966[9]
  • UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1960,[10] 1964[11]
  • USSR Goalkeeper of the year: 1960, 1963, 1966
  • Ballon d'Or: 1963[12]
  • World Soccer World XI: 1963,[13] 1964,[13] 1966,[13] 1967[13]
  • FIFA XI: 1963,[14] 1968[14]
  • Europe XI: 1964,[15] 1964,[16] 1965[17]
  • European football Oscars: 1963-64[18]
  • World XI selected by italian press. 1960,[19] 1961[20]
  • Order of Lenin
  • Silver Olympic Order[12]
  • FIFA Order of Merit
  • Placar's All-Time Team[21]
  • Placar's 100 Stars of the Century: #11[22]
  • FIFA World Cup All-Time Team
  • Planète Foot's All-Time Team[21]
  • France Football's Football Player of the Century: #10[22]
  • Planète Foot's 50 Best Players of all Time[22]
  • Venerdì's All-Time Team[21]
  • Venerdì's 100 Magnificent[23]
  • World Soccer's 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time: #11[22]
  • World Team of the 20th Century
  • Voetbol International's Team of the Century[22]
  • Voetbol International's World Stars by Raf Willems[22]
  • Jornal A Tarde All-Time Team[21]
  • Placar's 100 Stars of the World Cup: #23[24]
  • O Estado de São Paulo All-Time Team[21]
  • Berlin-Britz Team of the Decade (1960s)[25][26]
  • World Hall of Fame of Soccer[27]
  • FIFA Goalkeeper of the 20th Century[12]
  • FIFA World Cup Dream Team
  • Golden Player of Russia
  • World Soccer Greatest XI of all time[28]
  • World Sports dream team of the past 20 years: 1970[29]
  • IFFHS Legends[30]
  • IFFHS World Goalkeeper of the Century[31]
  • IFFHS European Goalkeeper of the Century[31]
  • Ballon d'Or Dream Team[32]
  • IFFHS All-time Men's Dream Team[33]
  • IFFHS All-time Europe Men's Dream Team[34]

Ice hockey

Dynamo Moscow

  • Soviet Cup: 1953

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