• There is not a football player or a football fan who does not know this name. Lev Yashin was born in Moscow, in 1929. His parents worked long hours.
  • Lev Yashin never left Moscow before he joined the Dynamo team.
  • Lev Yashin never wanted to be a goalkeeper. In fact he never even wanted to be a footballer. But the young man who first tried boxing and then went through...
  • Yashin was born in Moscow, in a Russian family of industrial workers. When he was 12, World War II forced him to work in a factory to support the Soviet war effort.
  • 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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  • The ‘Black Octopus’ saves his side again: Lev Yashin in action, USSR v Argentina, Buenos Aires 1961 (Photo: Wikimedia Commons).
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  • Lev Yashin was born in Moscow into a family of workers. Yashin had a difficult childhood. His family was rather poor and had to share a tiny flat with other relatives.
  • 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.
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  • If Pele was soccer’s greatest striker of the 20th century, then Lev Yashin was its greatest goal tender. An imposing athletic figure who guarded the net for over 20...
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  • Lev Ivanovich Yashin (October 22, 1929 - March 20, 1990) was a Russian goalkeeper regarded by many as the best goalkeeper in the history of football.
  • Lev Yashin was the legendary Soviet goalkeeper playing for Dinamo Moscow and the Soviet national team; he won many group and individual prizes.
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  • 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.
  • Even today many rate Soviet player Lev Yashin as the greatest goalkeeper in the history of soccer. Nicknamed “The Black Spider” for his incredible...
  • He is described as "the most famous Soviet sportsman ever". Lev Yashin won the Supreme League six times and the Soviet Cup twice.
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