Lev Yashin was a Soviet football player and famous goalkeeper who was an Olympic champion in 1956 and European champion in 1960. He played 74 matches for the national team between 1954 and 1967, and was champion of the USSR five times as a goalkeeper for Dynamo Moscow. Considered the best goalkeeper in history, Yashin inspired many including the author to play football.

1. Lev Yashin
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2. Lev Yashin was
Soviet football
player, famous
goalkeeper. He was
Olympic champion in
1956 and European
champion in 1960.
He became the
champion of the
USSR 5 times

3. Yashin officially named the best goalkeeper in
the world in history, will forever remain a symbol
of Soviet football.
His achievements: owner of the "Golden Ball"
the best football player in Europe in 1963; The
best goalkeeper in the USSR in 1960, 1963,
1966`s. and etc.

4. In the national team
Lev Yashin played 74
matches.
His the first match
was in 1954 with
Sweden.
His final football
match was in 1967
with Greece.

5. Lev Yashin was born in the city in Moscow in
district Bogorodskoe. During World War II,
the age of twelve, Lev Yashin was evacuated
with his family at Ulyanovsk, in 1943 went to
the factory as apprentice fitter. He returned to
Moscow in 1944, continuing to work in the
factory, all of his free time he play football as
goalkeeper for the team “Tushina”.

6. The most of the time
Lev Yashin was in the
team “Dynamo”.
Leaving the field
during the match,
Yashin gave his gloves
to 23-year-old
goalkeeper Vladimir
Pilguj, appointing him
as his successor in the
"Dynamo". Lev Yashin
inspire me to play
football.

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attention !