- Lev Yashin, the only goalkeeper ever awarded the prize, is an icon of the Soviet Union, the empire that fell in 1991, a year after his death at the age of 60.
- Lev Yashin was the legendary Soviet goalkeeper playing for Dinamo Moscow and the Soviet national team; he won many group and individual prizes.Bulunamadı: never
- However, he is far from the greatest вратарь (goalkeeper) in football history. That honour goes to Lev Yashin, the Black Spider. ... Leave a Reply Cancel reply.Bulunamadı: never
- But what a legacy this great Russian left behind and in 1994 FIFA introduced the Lev Yashin Award for the best keeper at the World Cup.Bulunamadı: never
- Very often, he was approached for the most varied assistance — both familiar people associated with sports and those whom Yashin had never seen before.
- There appears to be a consensus amongst experts on the game that Lev Yashin ( Dynamo Moscow & CCCP) was the greatest goalkeeper of all time.
- In 1997 a statue of Lev Yashin was installed at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and in 1999 another monument.Bulunamadı: never
- 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.Bulunamadı: before