Lev Ivanovich Yashin (1929 — 1990) is a footballer (goalkeeper), Olympic champion 1956, European champion, USSR.
Born Lev Yashin 22 October 1929 in Moscow into the family of workers. During the great Patriotic war in the biography Yashin moved to the Volga region. Despite the fact that in 1943 Leo began to work at the factory, much time was dedicated to playing football. When in the following year he moved to Moscow, in parallel with the work on the plant played a goalkeeper.
In 1949, for the first time in his biography of Lev Yashin began to play for Dynamo Moscow (a first for the youth team). In 1953 he was the goalkeeper in the first team. From next year began to play for the national team of the USSR. Yashin five times with Dynamo won the USSR championship three times – in the USSR Cup.
Together with the national team won at the Summer Olympic games in 1956, and in 1960 at the European Cup, in 1966 at the world championship took 4th place. Also biography Yashin was awarded the highest football award, the Golden ball. In 1971 he left the team and devoted himself to coaching.
Besides football biography of Lev Yashin is known as a good hockey player (as a goalie with his team won the USSR Cup, took 3rd place in the championship of the USSR). But hockey chose football.
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