- Lev Yashin was born in Moscow, in 1929. His parents worked long hours. ... Soon he was noticed by football coaches and invited to the Dynamo team.
- Lev Yashin never left Moscow before he joined the Dynamo team.
- Post-playing career[edit]. After retiring from playing, Yashin spent almost 20 years in various administrative positions at Dynamo Moscow.
- Dynamo Moscow, one of the most storied clubs in Soviet football, served as the perfect backdrop for Yashin’s exploits.
- There appears to be a consensus amongst experts on the game that Lev Yashin ( Dynamo Moscow & CCCP) was the greatest goalkeeper of all time.Bulunamadı: joined
- Joining Dynamo Moscow. At the age of 16, Yashin joined the youth team of Dynamo Moscow, one of the top clubs in Russia at the time.Bulunamadı: before
- Lev Yashin Image source, Getty Images. The greatest goalkeeper of them all, Lev Yashin revolutionised his position and became a hero of the Soviet Union.
- At one of the matches of the internal troops, he was noticed by the coach of Dynamo Moscow Arkady Chernyshev and offered to join the youth team.
- However, Yashin liked football much more, and having received a place in Dynamo's starting line-up at 1953, Lev Ivanovich left hockey forever.
- In order not to get out of shape, Yashin went on to play with the Dynamo hockey team, with which he won the Soviet Union Cup and finished third in the league.
- Yashin also played goalie for Dynamo ice hockey team during his first years trying to make a break into the senior squad of the football team.Bulunamadı: joined
- Lev Yashin Image source, Getty Images. The greatest goalkeeper of them all, Lev Yashin revolutionised his position and became a hero of the Soviet Union.