- He also won the Balon d’Or – an honour given to Europe’s best football player. A statue of Yashin can be found in Moscow square, it was made in 1997 in his honour.
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- 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.
- Lev Ivanovich Yashin is one of the most beloved football figures in the Soviet Union (Russia) and the wider football world.
- Russia Beyond looks back at one of the world’s finest keepers Lev Yashin (1929 – 1990). 1. The most celebrated goalkeeper in footballing history.
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- 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 Ivanovich Yashin was a Russian football player often considered to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of football.
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