Anatoli Ilyin
Russian footballer
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Anatoli Mikhaylovich Ilyin (Russian: Анатолий Михайлович Ильин; 27 June 1931 – 10 February 2016) was a Soviet Russian footballer.[1]
Full name
Anatoli Mikhaylovich Ilyin
Date of birth
27 June 1931
Date of death
10 February 2016 (aged 84)
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Anatoli Mikhaylovich Ilyin | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 June 1931 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Moscow, USSR | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 February 2016 (aged 84) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Moscow, Russia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1945 | Pischevik Moscow | |||||||||||||
| 1946–1948 | Trudovye Rezervy Moscow | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1949–1962 | FC Spartak Moscow | 224 | (83) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1952–1959 | Soviet Union | 31 | (16) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Honours
- Olympic champion: 1956.
- Soviet Top League winner: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962.
- Soviet Top League runner-up: 1954, 1955.
- Soviet Top League bronze: 1957, 1961.
- Soviet Cup winner: 1958.
- Soviet Top League top scorer: 1954 (11 goals), 1958 (20 goals).
- Grigory Fedotov club member.
International career
He earned 31 caps and scored 16 goals for the Soviet Union from 1952 to 1959. He earned an Olympic gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics,[2] scoring the game-winning goal of the Gold Medal match, and also participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
Ilyin also scored the first goal in the history of the UEFA European Championship, scoring a goal 4 minutes into a qualifying game against Hungary in 1958.[3]
