• The Fédération Internationale de Football Association awards the best goalkeeper Lev Yashin Award at the final stage of the FIFA World Cup.
  • Lev Yashin Early Life. He was born in Bogorodskoye in the east of Moscow, into a family of industrial workers. It was almost impossible for him to play football.
  • Football legend Lev Yashin was a Soviet-Russian football goalkeeper, considered by many to be one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of the game...
  • Lev Yashin. The title of the greatest goalkeeper of the 20th century is a subject of debate among football fans and experts.
  • Football. ... Lev Ivanovich Yashin (October 22, 1929 - March 20, 1990) was a Soviet soccer goalkeeper, arguably the best ever in the sport.
  • He was a brilliant goalkeeper. Yashin was awarded his country's highest honor, the Order of Lenin, in 1968. Lev Yashin died in 1990.
  • Russia Beyond looks back at one of the world’s finest keepers Lev Yashin (1929 – 1990). 1. The most celebrated goalkeeper in footballing history.
  • Lev Yashin. Though the game of football has seen many great goalkeepers over the last century, one name still stands head and shoulders above everyone else.
  • National Football Teams. Old website. English English. ... General Information about the player Lev Yashin.
  • Lev Ivanovich Yashin is one of the most beloved football figures in the Soviet Union (Russia) and the wider football world.