Legendary Soviet football players. “The fans shouted to him: “Goose, come on!” The best nicknames of star football players from around the world

On December 1, the sports genius Vsevolod Bobrov, a phenomenon worthy of the Guinness Book of Records, would have turned 92 years old. It's hard to remember another athlete who would sparkle like a star of the first magnitude. football fields, and on hockey rinks. I use the term “platform” and not the well-known “box”, since Bobrov showed himself brilliantly not only in hockey with the puck, but also with the ball.

Bobrov had all the imaginable and inconceivable advantages of a forward - original technique, high speed, incredible scoring instinct, power and a cannon-like strike. No wonder the poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, in a poem dedicated to the football player, called him a “breakthrough genius.”

And in general, no matter what he undertook, success was guaranteed everywhere. For the first time holding it in my hands tennis racket, he waved it so confidently that the most popular TV commentator, the USSR tennis champion himself, Nikolai Ozerov, recognized his great future if he stayed on the court. But even without tennis and bandy (in which, by the way, he is a two-time winner of the USSR Cup) sports achivments Bobrov cannot help but inspire admiration. Vsevolod Mikhailovich - 3-time champion and 2-time winner of the USSR Football Cup as part of the CDKA, one of the main heroes of the triumphant tour of Great Britain in 1945 as part of Dynamo, twice the top scorer of the USSR championships, captain of the USSR national team at the 1952 Olympics Helsinki. In hockey, he is a 6-time champion and 3-time winner of the National Cup in the CDKA and Air Force, 2-time world champion and champion of the 1956 Olympic Games in the USSR national team. Under the leadership of head coach Bobrov, the hockey team Spartak became the champion of the USSR, the USSR national team became the world champion twice, he led our team in the famous series of meetings with the NHL team in 1972, which dispelled the myth of the invincibility of Canadian professionals.

Taking this opportunity, we decided to introduce other outstanding sports figures who shared football with other sports in their careers. There were especially many of these in the pre-war and early post-war years, when, after the end football season the players, sometimes without a break, got on their skates and kicked a wicker ball in those days on the ice arenas. For example, the Starostin brothers, Artemyevs, Dynamo players Lev Korchebokov, Alexey Lapshin, and another Dynamo player Alexey Ponomarev (the father of the now well-known bronze medalist of the 1966 World Championship Vladimir Ponomarev) showed himself with no less success in ... volleyball. But this was rather an exception to the rule, according to which football players picked up sticks in their hands in the winter, unable to imagine themselves without hockey. It’s hard to believe now, but even the greatest football player Lev Yashin was the winner of the USSR Ice Hockey Cup in 1953.

Of the pre-war generation, the best part-time player was the Dynamo forward Sergey Ilyin. This small (height 163 cm) phenomenon in his youth won competitions in gymnastics, acrobatics, athletics, and becoming a player in the masters team, he won three USSR champion titles as part of the football Dynamo and four in the hockey ranks. And he became the winner of the USSR Cup in Russian hockey 11 times. Sergei Sergeevich is one of the best wingers in history Soviet football, in 1967 he was included in the symbolic team of the 50th anniversary. Surprisingly agile, dexterous, he also had Mercedes brakes - he was able to change the direction of movement at enormous speed, his feints were admired in Turkey and France, despite the poverty of our international calendar at that time.

It turns out that among the best part-time sports players in the country are almost entirely Dynamo players. One of those wedged into their ranks Valentin Granatkin, the latest generations football fans better known as the long-term chairman of the USSR Football Federation, 1st vice-president of FIFA. And in his youth, the goalkeeper of the first ever team of the football team “Lokomotiv” also “dabbled” in bandy in the winter, and in 1946, when Canadian hockey had just been brought to us, he successfully tried himself in the goal of “Spartak”. Granatkin remained in history the only goalkeeper who played for the USSR national football and bandy teams.

Photo from the Volkov family archive

Name Arkady Chernysheva is now closely associated with hockey, primarily as the head coach of the USSR national team - 11-time world champion and 3-time Olympic champion. Hockey player Chernyshev won the USSR Cup five times as part of Dynamo Moscow, and in 1947 he managed to become the first national champion in the ranks of the same blue and white team. But he received the title of Honored Master of Sports in 1948 mainly for his football services, as a 3-time champion of the USSR as part of Dynamo and winner of the 1937 Cup. Before the war, Arkady Ivanovich played for the Moscow football and Russian hockey teams for several years, coaching career started in Dynamo club football teams, but then completely switched to hockey with great benefit for his benefit.

Photo by Victor Budan (TASS Photo Chronicle)

Football fans were constantly wondering where the best right-winger in Soviet football of the 40s, Vasily Trofimov, got the nickname “Chepets”. But according to one version, one day a woolen cap appeared on the head of the welterweight forward of the Dynamo hockey team (there was no talk of helmets in those days), like this homemade women’s headdress, and after that it went... Vasily Dmitrievich - 2-time champion USSR football participant, participant in the 1952 Olympic Games, also entered the symbolic team Soviet Union for half a century. He was known as a master of high-speed dribbling, was distinguished by original decisions on the field, and had a powerful kick with both legs. But having completed football career at 34 years old, he shone on ice fields until he was 41 (!), won the championship twice and the USSR Cup 7 times. He played for the very first national team and eventually devoted himself entirely to coaching work in bandy, winning 14 USSR champion titles with Dynamo, three European Cups, and 8 world championships with the national team. In the first post-war years, Trofimov could not decide for a long time which hockey to devote himself to in the winter; he also played ice hockey for six years, becoming the national champion in 1947 and the winner of the 1953 Cup. But the vastness of the ice field eventually prevailed over hockey box, and Trofimov is still revered as one of the geniuses of Russian hockey.

The workload in football has grown over the years, and the galaxy of part-time workers gradually began to thin out. In the 60s, another Dynamo player remained one of the last two-handed masters Igor Chislenko. Brilliant forward, included in the top ten best players Europe, according to the traditional classification of the weekly France Football, who then scored a record number of goals in a season among all European teams - 10, the right winger of Dynamo received enormous recognition. Four times he appeared in the list of 33 best football players of the USSR under number one, and the same number - under number two. He played with equal success on either flank and as a midfielder. And one of his disadvantages, as Dynamo football coaches believed, was his passion for bandy.

But Igor couldn’t imagine himself without ice and a stick. One day, football Dynamo returned from a tour of South America, and Chislenko’s friends set a table in his apartment for this occasion. But Igor, having crossed the threshold, threw his things, grabbed a bag with hockey uniform and spent an hour and a half kicking a ball on the ice on a nearby site, although a warm group of people was waiting for him at the table. Accepted football team in 1962, Alexander Ponomarev persuaded his hockey colleague Vasily Trofimov to influence Chislenko, force him to go to the training camp with his squad, leaving hockey. In football, the “hockey lover” Chislenko became a 2-time USSR champion and winner of the 1967 Cup. He has only one hockey gold - 1961.

The last of the famous part-time workers was Valery Maslov, an internationally recognized virtuoso of the braided ball and rounded putter. Since childhood, hockey has been Valery Pavlovich’s main hobby, and football is like a hobby. Moreover, his first hockey team masters - Kaliningrad "Vympel" - performed in major league, and football - in class "B". But after the hockey player Maslov transferred to Dynamo and football coaches noticed his genuine talent plus incredible performance. And, like Chislenko, they began to excommunicate him from hockey. But here I found a scythe on a stone. One of the best football midfielders of the 60s considered himself, and not unreasonably, primarily a hockey player. And even when the senior coach of the national team, Nikolai Morozov, set a condition for him in 1966: hockey or the national football team, Maslov chose the first option, without going to the World Championships in England, where our team won bronze. But in bandy he became the world champion 8 times and won the Cup three times European champions, and collected as many as 11 national champion titles. The International Bandy Federation awarded the magnificent master the medal “For outstanding services in the development of bandy.”

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In his youth, Shesternev was the champion of Moscow in the 100-meter run, but chose football, becoming a goalkeeper in the railway team. By the age of twenty, he changed his role and ended up in CSKA, where he discovered himself in 1961 with Konstantin Beskov. At twenty-one, Shesternev became the captain of CSKA, and at twenty-five he went with the team, coached by Torpedo player Nikolai Morozov, to the World Cup in England, where he was also captain and finished the semi-final against West Germany with a dislocated shoulder. In 1968, Shesternev and his team reached the semi-finals of the European Championship. “0:0 with Italy after two overtimes,” recalled the goalkeeper of that team, Yuri Pshenichnikov. – There was no penalty, they tossed a coin. Shesternev was asked: “Coat of arms or crown?” Yakushin, experienced in tossing, shouted: “Coat of arms! Coat of arms!”, and Shesternev was confused and fell into a stupor. Yakushin said to him: “Coat of arms, motherfucker!”, but Shesternev was silent. Then judge Istvan Zsolt turned to the Italian captain Facchetti, who said: “Coat of Arms” and Italy reached the final, where they beat Yugoslavia. Years later, Facchetti admitted in an interview: “I didn’t even guess. The Russian coach said it, and I repeated it.” Two years later, Shesternev won the national championship with CSKA, surpassing Dynamo in the replay of the golden match, and then quit his playing career, handing over the captain's armband in the national team to Murtaza Khurtsilava.
Alternative: Anatoly Maslenkin

“I saw that the newcomer, having found himself in the company of the country’s champions, behaved confidently and calmly,” CDKA coach Boris Arkadyev described his first impressions of Bobrov. “He was a real, God-given talent and a master of individual play. His fast dribbling was amazing." Bobrov scored 80 goals in 79 matches for CDKA and five goals in three matches for the national team. In 1945, Bobrov joined Dynamo Moscow on a tour of Great Britain and became their top scorer with six goals in four games. “You can’t even play with legs like that, you can’t walk,” said surgeon Landa, who repaired Bobrov after fractures or dislocations. Bobrov led CDKA to five championship titles - three football and two hockey, and then defected to Vasily Stalin's Air Force team, and slept through its flight to Sverdlovsk, where 11 hockey players and two members of the air force team died. “Stalin loved Seva and forgave him everything,” said sports doctor Oleg Belakovsky. – When I first arrived in Moscow, Bobrov had a fight with the Air Force coach Dzhejelava and watched the next match with me in the stands. After the game we celebrate my arrival at Astoria. Seva liked two girls. He tells me: “Invite any of them to dance and tell them that Bobrov invites them to visit.” The ladies ended up with young men, but we agreed that they would say goodbye to them and join us. At night we arrived at Seva, but after us General Vasilkevich came there with two assistants: “Vasily Stalin demands you to join him.” Bobrov sent a general, then Seva was captured and taken away. He returned in the morning: “Everything is fine. Stalin hit me in the face, I apologized for missing the match. That's all".
Alternative: Victor Monday

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Author of historical achievements - victories at the 1956 Olympics and Euro 1960. “In 1956, it was he who discovered such an outstanding full-back as Mikhail Ogonkov,” Nikolai Starostin wrote about Kachalin in his book. - From the double of Spartak Moscow - straight to the first team! I admit that Kachalin is less original than B.A. Arkadyev is not as temperamental as K.I. Beskov, less cunning than M.I. Yakushin, or not as mysterious as V.A. Maslov. But he is more stable and far-sighted than any of them.” Kachalin, according to his players, was a modest and sincere person, wrote poetry, was fond of oriental poetry, played the mandolin and piano, and performed romances beautifully. Alexey Paramonov recalled that during a tour of South America, Kachalin saw a mariachi ensemble on the street, asked one of them for a guitar and began to play.
Our team has already won the Olympic football tournament since the time of Kachalin, but his achievement at the Euro, it seems, will remain unique.
Alternative: Valery Lobanovsky

First, the greatest players of the USSR national team!!!

So player #1 is greatest goalkeeper USSR national team - Lev Yashin

Yashin Lev Ivanovich. Goalkeeper. Honored Master of Sports.

Born on October 22, 1929 in Moscow. Died on March 20, 1990 in Moscow.
Pupil football school at the Red October plant in Tushino.
He played for the Dynamo Moscow team (1950 - 1970).
Played 326 (22 seasons) matches in the USSR championships. Statistics from the public press center of Dynamo Moscow farewell match L. Yashin counted all his games. There were 812 of them. In terms of the number of medals won, he holds the record among Soviet football players.
USSR Champion 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959 and 1963 Winner of the USSR Cup in 1953, 1967 and 1970. In the list of 33 best players of the season - 14 times - a record in Soviet football.
Best goalkeeper of the USSR (Ogonyok magazine prize) 1960, 1963 and 1966.
In the USSR national team - 74 matches - 14 seasons in a row, he played for the national team until he was 38 years old (he played in 6 matches for the USSR Olympic team). He also played for the USSR national team in 9 unofficial matches.
Participant in the world championships 1958, 1962, 1966 (4th place) Olympic champion in 1956. Winner of the European Cup in 1960. Silver medalist of the European Cup in 1964. He played for the world team twice (with England in 1963 and Brazil in 1968).
In 1963, he was the first and only goalkeeper to be recognized as the best football player in Europe and awarded the Golden Ball.
In 1985 for services to development Olympic movement awarded the highest award of the International Olympic Committee- Olympic Order. In 1988 he was awarded the FIFA Golden Order "For Services to Football".
Head of the Dynamo Moscow team (1971 - 1975). Deputy head of the football and hockey department of the Dynamo Central Sports Center (1975 - 1976). Deputy Head of the Football Department of the USSR Sports Committee for educational work (1976 - 1984). Senior trainer of the Dynamo Center for educational work (1985 - 1990). Deputy Chairman of the USSR Football Federation (1981 - 1989).

No. 2 This is striker Eduard Streltsov

Streltsov Eduard Anatolyevich. Attack. Honored Master of Sports.

Born on July 21, 1937 in the village. Perovo, Moscow region. Died on July 22, 1990 in Moscow.

Trained by the team of the Moscow plant "Frezer".

He played for the Torpedo Moscow team (1954 - 1958, 1965 - 1970).

USSR Champion 1965. Winner of the USSR Cup 1968.

The best football player of the USSR 1967 and 1968. (according to the results of a survey of the weekly Football).

He played 38 matches for the USSR national team, scored 25 goals (including played 6 matches, scored 2 goals for the USSR Olympic team). Also played for the USSR national team in 1 unofficial match.

Olympic champion 1956
Coach at the Torpedo club. Coach at the Torpedo Youth Sports School.
Awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.

No. 3 on our List is the great defender Igor Netto

Netto Igor Aleksandrovich. Midfielder. Honored Master of Sports. Honored Trainer of Russia.

Pupil youth team Moscow stadium Young Pioneers".

He played for the Spartak Moscow team (1949 - 1966).

USSR Champion 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962 Winner of the USSR Cup 1950, 1958, 1963.

As a member of the USSR national team, he played 54 matches, scored 4 goals (including in the USSR Olympic team - 9 matches, 1 goal). He also played for the USSR national team in 14 (scored 1 goal) unofficial matches.

Champion of the Olympic Games in 1956. Winner of the European Cup in 1960. Participant in the World Championships in 1958 and 1962.

Head coach of the Omonia club Nicosia, Cyprus (1967). Senior coach of the Shinnik club Yaroslavl (1968). Head coach Iranian national team (1970 - 1971). Head coach of the Panionis club, Athens, Greece (1976 - 1977). Coach at the Spartak Moscow club (1973 - 1975). Senior coach of the Neftchi club Baku (1979). Coach at Sports School "Spartak" Moscow (until 1990).
Awarded the Orders of Lenin and Friendship of Peoples.

No. 4 on our list is

Bubukin Valentin Borisovich. Attack. Honored Master of Sports. Honored Trainer of the RSFSR.

A graduate of the Moscow factory team "Wings of the Soviets". The first coach is S. N. Shapinsky.

He played for the teams Air Force Moscow (1952 - 1953), Lokomotiv Moscow (1953 - 1960, 1962 - 1965), CSKA Moscow (1961 - 1962).

Winner of the USSR Cup 1957

He played 11 matches for the USSR national team and scored 4 goals.

Winner of the European Cup 1960

Head coach of the Lokomotiv Moscow team (1966 - 1968). Head coach of the Tavria team Simferopol (1970 - 1972). Head coach of the Karpaty Lviv team (1972 - 1974). Coach at CSKA (1975 - 1978, 1981 - 1987). Head coach of CSKA Hanoi, Vietnam (1978).
Awarded the Order of Friendship. Awarded the medal "For Labor Valor". Awarded the Medal of Friendship of Peoples of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

No. 5 is the incomparable gray-eyed king Fyodor Cherenkov

Cherenkov Fedor Fedorovich. Midfielder. Honored Master of Sports.

A student of the Moscow sports club "Kuntsevo" and the Sports School "Spartak". The first trainers were M.I. Mukhortov and Anatoly Evstigneevich Maslenkin.

He played for the teams "Spartak" Moscow (1977 - 1990, 1991 - 1994), "Red Star" Paris, France (1990 - 1991).

Champion of the USSR/Russia 1979, 1987, 1989, 1993. Winner of the Russian Cup 1994.

The best football player of the USSR 1983 and 1989. (according to the results of a survey of the weekly Football).

He played 34 matches for the USSR national team and scored 12 goals. He played 10 matches for the USSR Olympic team and scored 6 goals. Also played for the USSR national team in 1 unofficial match.

Bronze medalist at the 1980 Olympic Games
Since 1994, he has been coaching at the Spartak Moscow club.
Knight of the Orders of Friendship of Peoples and Badge of Honor.

No. 6 is a goalkeeper, better than whom only Lev Yashin stood - we are talking about Renata Dasaev

Dasaev Rinat Faizrakhmanovich. Goalkeeper. Honored Master of Sports.

A student of the training groups of the Astrakhan team "Volgar". The first trainer is Herald of the Pale.

He played for the teams Volgar Astrakhan (1975 - 1977), Spartak Moscow (1977 - 1988), Sevilla Spain (1988 - 1991).

USSR Champion 1979, 1987

Best goalkeeper of the USSR (Ogonyok magazine prize) 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1988

The best football player of the USSR in 1982 (according to the results of a survey of the weekly Football magazine).

The best goalkeeper in the world in 1988 (according to IFFHS).

He played 91 matches for the USSR national team. He played 6 matches for the USSR Olympic team.

Vice-champion of Europe in 1988. 3rd medalist of the Olympic Games in 1980. Participant in the world championships in 1982, 1986, 1990. Played two matches for the world team.
Coach of the Russian national football team (2003 - 2005, 2006). Coach at the Torpedo club Moscow (since 2007).

Victor Monday is No. 7 on our list

Monday Viktor Vladimirovich. Attack. Honored Master of Sports.

He played for the teams Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don (1956 - 1958), SKA Rostov-on-Don (1959 - 1965), Spartak Moscow (1966).

He played 29 matches for the USSR national team and scored 20 goals. Also played for the USSR national team in 1 (scored 1 goal) unofficial match.
Winner of the European Cup in 1960. Silver medalist of the European Cup in 1964. Participant in the 1962 World Championship.
Head coach of the Rostselmash team, Rostov-on-Don (1969).

No. 8 is Mikhail Meskhi

Meskhi Mikhail Shalvovich. Attack. Honored Master of Sports.

A student of Tbilisi football schools No. 35 and FSM.

He played for the teams "Dynamo" Tbilisi (1954 - 1969), "Lokomotiv" Tbilisi (1970).

USSR Champion 1964

Defended the colors of the USSR national team 35 times, scored 4 goals. Also played for the USSR national team in 1 unofficial match.

He worked as a coach and director of the specialized children's football school "Avaza" Tbilisi (1969 - 1991).
Awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. The SKA football academy in Rostov is named after him.

No. 9 - this is Stanislav Cherchesov

Cherchesov Stanislav Salamovich. Goalkeeper. Honored Master of Sports.

A student of the Alagirsky FS "Spartak".

He played for the teams "Spartak" Ordzhonikidze (1982 - 1983), "Spartak" Moscow (1984 - 1987, 1989 - 1993, 1995, 2002), "Lokomotiv" Moscow (1988), "Dynamo" Dresden, Germany (1993 - 1995) , "Tirol" Innsbruck, Austria (1996 - 2002).

Champion of the USSR/Russia 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993. Winner of the USSR/CIS/Russian Cup 1992, 1994. Austrian champion 2000, 2001, 2002

Best goalkeeper of the USSR/Russia (Ogonyok magazine prize) 1989, 1990, 1992

Played 49 matches for the USSR/CIS/Russia national team. He also played in 3 unofficial matches for the USSR/Russia national team.

Participant of the 1994 World Cup. Participant of the 1996 European Championship. Member of the FIFA team in the match with the American team (1995) and the European team in the match with the African team (1997).
Head coach of the Kufstein club Innsbruck, Austria (2004). Head coach of the Wacker Tirol club, Austria (2004 - 2006). Sports director club "Spartak" Moscow (2006 - 2007). Head coach of the Spartak Moscow club (2007 - 2008).

Well, the list of the greatest players of the USSR national team is completed by Givi Chokheli No. 10 on our list

Chokheli Givi Dmitrievich. Defender. Honored Master of Sports. Honored Trainer of the Georgian SSR.

He played for the teams “Nadikvari” Telavi (1956), “Dynamo” Tbilisi (1957 - 1965).

He played 19 matches for the USSR national team. He also played for the USSR national team in 1 unofficial match.
Winner of the European Cup in 1960. Participant in the World Championship in 1962.
Coach in the Dynamo Tbilisi team (1966 - 1968, 1971 - 1972). Head coach of the Dynamo Tbilisi team (1969 - 1970, 1974). Head of the Dynamo Tbilisi team (1969, 1984 - 1985)

Well, now the 10 best players of the Russian national team!

No. 1 is one of the best defenders Viktor Onopko

Onopko Viktor Savelievich. Defender. Honored Master of Sports.

Pupil of the Lugansk football school "Zarya". The first coach is Oleg Pilipenko.

He played for the clubs "Stakhanovets" Stakhanov (1986), "Shakhtar" Donetsk (1987 - 1988, 1990 - 1991), "Dynamo" Kiev (1989), "Spartak" Moscow (1992 - 1995), "Oviedo" Oviedo, Spain ( 1995 - 2002), "Rayo Vallecano" Madrid, Spain (2002 - 2003), "Spartak-Alania" Vladikavkaz (2003), "Saturn" Ramenskoye (2004 - 2005).

Champion of Russia 1992, 1993, 1994 Winner of the Russian Cup 1992, 1994.

Best football player of Russia 1992, 1993 (according to the results of a survey of the weekly Football). The best football player in Russia in 1993 (according to the results of a survey in the Sport-Express newspaper). Winner of the "Leader of the National Team" prize for 2002 (according to the results of a survey in the Sport-Express newspaper).

He played 113 matches for the CIS/Russia national team and scored 7 goals. He played 3 matches for the USSR Olympic team and scored 1 goal. He also played for the Russian national team in 1 unofficial match.

Participant in the 1994 and 2002 World Championships. Participant of the European Championships 1992 and 1996.
Deputy Director of the RFU Teams Department (since 2006).
Awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland.

No. 2 - The best goalkeeper so far Sergei Ovchinnikov

Ovchinnikov Sergey Ivanovich. Goalkeeper.

A student of the Moscow football school "Dynamo".

He played for the clubs "Dynamo" Sukhumi (1990), "Lokomotiv" Moscow (1991 - 1997, 2002 - 2005), "Benfica" Lisbon, Portugal (1997 - 1999), "Alverca" Alverca, Spain (1999 - 2000), " Porto" Porto, Portugal (2000 - 2001), "Dynamo" Moscow (2006).

Champion of Russia 2002 and 2004 Winner of the Russian Cup in 1996 and 1997. Winner of the Portuguese Cup in 2000 and 2001.

Best goalkeeper of Russia (Ogonyok magazine prize) 1994, 1995, 2002 and 2003.

He played 35 matches for the Russian national team. He also played for the Russian national team in 1 unofficial match.

Senior goalkeeper coach at the Lokomotiv Moscow club (2006 - 2007). Assistant head coach of the Dynamo Kyiv club (since 2007).

No. 3 - this is Alexander Mostovoy

Mostovoy Alexander Vladimirovich. Midfielder.

Pupil of the CSKA football school.

He played for the clubs "Krasnaya Presnya" Moscow (1986), "Spartak" Moscow (1987 - 1991), "Benfica", Portugal (1992 - 1993), French "Caen", France (1993 - 1994), "Strasbourg", France (1994 - 1996), "Celta" Vigo, Portugal (1996 - 2004), "Alaves", Spain (2005).

USSR Champion 1987, 1989 Winner of the USSR Cup 1992 Winner of the Portuguese Cup 1993 Winner of the Intertoto Cup 2000

Winner of the "Leader of the National Team" prize for 2001 (according to the results of a survey in the Sport-Express newspaper).

He played 65 matches for the USSR/CIS/Russia national team and scored 13 goals.
Participant in the 1994 World Championships. Participant in the 1996 and 2004 European Championships. European champion among youth teams 1990
Awarded the medal "80 years of the State Sports Committee of Russia".

No. 4 - Andrey Tikhonov

Tikhonov Andrey Valerievich. Midfielder. Master of Sports of international class.

The first coach is V.K. Fomenko.

He played for the teams "Vympel" Korolev (1991), "Titan" Reutov (1992), "Spartak" Moscow (1992 - 2000), "Wings of the Soviets" Samara (2001 - 2004, since 2008), "Khimki" Khimki ( 2005 - 2007).

Champion of Russia 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 Winner of the Russian Cup in 1994 and 1998.
The best football player in Russia in 1996 (according to the results of a survey by the weekly Football magazine). The best football player in Russia in 1996 (according to the results of a survey in the Sport-Express newspaper).
He played 29 matches for the national team and scored 1 goal. He also played for the Russian national team in 1 unofficial match.

Egor Titov is 5th on our list

Titov Egor Ilyich. Midfielder.

A student of the Moscow Spartak football school. The first coach is Anatoly Korolev.

Clubs: "Spartak" Moscow (1995 - 2008), "Khimki" Khimki (2008 - ...).

Champion of Russia 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Winner of the Russian Cup 1998, 2003.

The best football player in Russia 1998, 2000. (according to the results of a survey of the weekly Football). The best football player in Russia 1998, 2000. (according to the results of a survey of the Sport-Express newspaper).
Played 41 matches for the Russian national team, scored 7 goals. Played 2 matches for the Russian Olympic team.
Participant in the 2002 World Championships

No. 6-Vadim Evseev

Evseev Vadim Valentinovich. Defender.

A student of the Moscow football schools "Dynamo" and "Lokomotiv".

He played for the teams "Spartak" Mytishchi (1991 - 1992), "Spartak" Moscow (1993 - 1998, 1999), "Torpedo" Moscow (1998, 2007), "Lokomotiv" Moscow (2000 - 2006), "Saturn" Ramenskoye ( since 2007).

Champion of Russia 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004 Winner of the Russian Cup in 1998, 2000 and 2001.
Played 20 matches for the Russian national team, scored 1 goal.
Participant of the European Championship 2004

7th on our list is Alexey Smertin

Smertin Alexey Gennadievich. Midfielder.

Pupil of the Barnaul football school "Dynamo" and college Olympic reserve Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo region. The first coaches were Gennady Ivanovich Smertin, Gennady Vasilyevich Grishko and Valery Nikolaevich Belozersky.

He played for the teams Dynamo Barnaul (1992 - 1993), Zarya Leninsk-Kuznetsky (1994 - 1997), Uralan Elista (1997 - 1998), Lokomotiv Moscow (1999 - 2000), Bordeaux Bordeaux, France (2000 - 2003), "Portsmouth" Portsmouth, England (2003 - 2004), "Chelsea" London, England (2004 - 2005), "Charlton" London, England (2005 - 2006), "Dynamo" Moscow (2006) , Fulham London, England (2007 - 2008).

Winner of the Russian Cup 2000. Champion of England 2005. Winner of the FA Cup 2005. Winner of the French Cup 2002.

The best football player in Russia in 1999 (according to a survey by the weekly Football magazine). The best football player in Russia in 1999 (according to the results of a survey in the Sport-Express newspaper). Winner of the National Team Leader prize for 2003 and 2004. (according to the results of a survey of the Sport-Express newspaper).
He played 55 matches for the Russian national team.

No. 8 - the incomparable Dmitry Alenichev

Alenichev Dmitry Anatolyevich. Midfielder. Honored Master of Sports.

Pupil of the Spartak Youth Sports School, Velikiye Luki.

He played for the teams Energia Velikiye Luki, Mashinostroitel Pskov (1990 - 1991), Lokomotiv Moscow (1991 - 1993), Spartak Moscow (1994 - 1998, 2004 - 2006), Roma, Italy (1998 - 2000), "Perugia", Italy (2000), "Porto", Portugal (2000 - 2004).

Champion of Russia 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998 Winner of the Russian Cup 1994, 1998. Champion of Portugal 2003 and 2004 Winner of the Portuguese Cup 2003 Winner of the UEFA Cup 2003 Winner of the Champions League 2004

The best football player in Russia in 1997 (according to a survey by the weekly Football magazine). The best football player in Russia in 1997 (according to the results of a survey in the Sport-Express newspaper).

He played 55 matches for the Russian national team and scored 6 goals. He also played for the Russian national team in 1 unofficial match.
Participant of the 2002 World Championship. Participant of the 2004 European Championship.
Recipient of the honorary badge "Sporting Glory of Russia".

9th on our list was Dmitry Loskov

Loskov Dmitry Vyacheslavovich. Midfielder.

A student of the Kurgan FS "Torpedo" and the Rostov sports boarding school.

He played for the clubs "Metalist" Kurgan (1990), "Rostselmash" Rostov-on-Don (1991 - 1996), "Lokomotiv" Moscow (1997 - 2007), "Saturn" Moscow region (since 2007).

Champion of Russia 2002, 2004 Winner of the Russian Cup 2000, 2001, 2007.

Best football player of Russia 2002, 2003 (according to the results of a survey of the weekly Football). Best football player of Russia 2002, 2003 (according to the results of a survey of the Sport-Express newspaper).
He played 25 matches for the Russian national team and scored 2 goals.
Participant of the European Championship 2004

Well, No. 10, although he did not finish his career in the national team, he forever inscribed his name in its analogue - Andrei Arshavin

Arshavin Andrey Sergeevich. Midfielder. Honored Master of Sports.

Pupil of the St. Petersburg football school "Smena". The first coaches were Viktor Vinogradov, Sergey Gordeev.

Since August 2000 he has been playing for the Zenit St. Petersburg club.

Champion of Russia 2007 Winner of the UEFA Cup 2008 Winner of the UEFA Super Cup 2008

The best football player in Russia in 2006 (according to the results of a survey by the weekly Football magazine). The best football player in Russia in 2006 (according to a survey by the Sport-Express newspaper). Winner of the "Leader of the National Team" prize for 2006 (according to the results of a survey in the Sport-Express newspaper).

He played 41 matches for the Russian national team and scored 15 goals. He played 5 matches for the Russian Olympic team and scored 1 goal.

Awarded the Order of Honor and Courage. (ALL THIS FOR THIS MOMENT)

DUE TO SPECIAL REQUESTS OF READERS, I AM ADDING THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS TO THIS POST:

No. 11 Valery Karpin

Karpin Valery Georgievich. Midfielder.

Pupil football section at housing and communal services in Narva and sports schools in the Kalinin district of Tallinn. The first coach is Yuri Shalamov.

He played for the clubs "Sport" Tallinn (1986 - 1987), CSKA Moscow (1988), "Fakel" Voronezh (1989), "Spartak" Moscow (1990 - 1994), "Real Sociedad" San Sebastian, Spain (1994 - 1996 , 2003 - 2005), "Valencia" Valencia, Spain (1996 - 1997), "Celta" Vigo (1997 - 2002), "Corujo", Spain (2007 - 2008).

Champion of Russia 1992, 1993, 1994 Winner of the Russian Cup 1992, 1994. Winner of the Intertoto Cup 2000

Winner of the “Leader of the National Team” prize for 2000 (based on the results of a survey in the Sport-Express newspaper). The best universal player of the Spanish Championship - 1998/99 (Don Balon magazine).

He played 73 matches for the CIS/Russia national team and scored 17 goals.

Participant in the 1994 and 2002 World Championships. Participant of the European Championship 1996

General Director of the Spartak Moscow club (2008 - ...).

No. 12 He did not finish his playing career, although he did, he is only 22, but he is ALREADY number one in our team Igro Akinfeev

Akinfeev Igor Vladimirovich. Goalkeeper. Honored Master of Sports.

A student of the CSKA Moscow football school. The first coach is Desideriy Fedorovich Kovach.

Plays for CSKA Moscow (since 2003).

Champion of Russia 2003, 2005, 2006 Winner of the Russian Cup 2005, 2006, 2008. Winner of the UEFA Cup 2005

Best goalkeeper of Russia (Ogonyok magazine prize) 2004, 2005, 2006

Played 29 matches for the Russian national team. Played 2 matches for the Russian Olympic team.
Bronze medalist of the European Championship 2008
Awarded the Order of Friendship.

No. 13 Leader of the attacks of our current team Roman Pavlyuchenko

Pavlyuchenko Roman. Attack. Master of Sport.

Pupil of the Stavropol Sports School "Dynamo". The first coach is Vyacheslav Tokarev.

He played for the teams Dynamo Stavropol (1999), Rotor Volgograd (2000 - 2002), Spartak Moscow (2003 - 2008), Tottenham Hotspur London, England (2008 - ...).

Winner of the Russian Cup 2003
He played 24 matches for the Russian national team and scored 10 goals. He played 5 matches for the Russian Olympic team and scored 3 goals.
Bronze medalist of the 2008 European Championship. Included in the symbolic team of the 2008 European Championship according to UEFA

USSR TEAM PLAYER Nikita Simonyan!

Simonyan Nikita (Mkrtich) Pavlovich (Pogosovich). Attack. Honored Master of Sports. Honored Coach of the USSR.

A graduate of Sukhumi football. The first coach is Shota Lominadze.

He played for the teams "Wings of the Soviets" Moscow (1946 - 1948), "Spartak" Moscow (1949 - 1959).

Champion of the USSR 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958 Winner of the USSR Cup 1950, 1958.

He played 20 matches for the USSR national team, scored 10 goals (including played 3 matches, scored 2 goals for the USSR Olympic team). He also played for the USSR national team in 3 (scored 2 goals) unofficial matches.

Champion of the Olympic Games in 1956. Participant of the World Championship in 1958.
Head coach of the Spartak Moscow team (1960 - 1965, 1967 - 1972). Head coach of the Ararat team Yerevan (1973 - 1974, 1984 - 1985). Head coach of the Chernomorets team Odessa (1980 - 1981). Head coach of the USSR national team (1977 - 1979).
Recipient of the Orders of the Badge of Honour, the Red Banner of Labor and Friendship. Knight of the IOC Olympic Order. Awarded the FIFA Order of Merit for Football. Awarded the UEFA Ruby Order.

“14 is a real legend, he first left the national team, but after 2 years Guus Hiddink called him back to the banner of our national team! So we are talking about Sergei Semak!!!

Semak Sergey Bogdanovich. Midfielder. Honored Master of Sports.

A student of the Lugansk Olympic Reserve School. The first coach is Valery Vasilyevich Belokobylsky.

He played for the teams Presnya Moscow (1992), Karelia Petrozavodsk (1992), Asmaral Moscow (1993 - 1994), CSKA Moscow (1994 - 2004), Paris Saint-Germain Paris, France (2005 - 2006 ), "Moscow" Moscow (2006 - 2007), "Rubin" Kazan (since 2008).

Champion of Russia 2003. Winner of the Russian Cup 2002, 2005. Winner of the UEFA Cup 2005
He played 55 matches for the Russian national team and scored 4 goals. He played 3 matches for the Russian Olympic team.
Bronze medalist of the European Championship 2008. Champion of Russia 2008

No. 15 on this list will include the crowd favorite, one of the most devoted players of our championship, Yuri Zhirkov

Zhirkov Yuri Valentinovich. Midfielder. Honored Master of Sports.

A student of Tambov Spartak. The first coach is Vladimir Kovylin.

He played for the Spartak Tambov team (2001 - 2003). Since 2004 - at CSKA Moscow.

Champion of Russia 2005, 2006 Winner of the Russian Cup 2005, 2006, 2008. Winner of the UEFA Cup 2005

He played 28 matches for the Russian national team.
Bronze medalist of the 2008 European Championship. Included in the symbolic team of the 2008 European Championship according to UEFA.
Awarded the Order of Friendship.

11 GREATEST SOVIET FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Gold medals of the first Euro and three silver sets, five successful performances at the Olympics and the semi-final of the 66 World Cup - the USSR national team is a thing of the past, but is a team of legends.

Goalkeeper

Lev Yashin. Who if not Lev Ivanovich, who was and, it seems, will remain the first and last goalkeeper awarded the Ballon d'Or? I don’t want pathos about best goalkeeper in history, who fifty years ago played like no one had ever played, since this is not fair even to modern masters who are also impressive, but Yashin is the most legendary goalkeeper world, and this is absolutely accurate. Two decades in goal for Dynamo Moscow, five championships, three cups, Olympic gold medals and victory in the Euro 60 final - the first in history. Played on world championships, won fourth place in England. A legend of legends, and although there is also Dasaev, Lev Ivanovich is number one.

Defenders

Vladimir Bessonov. A native of Kharkov played for Dynamo Kiev for a decade and a half, and although it was not always possible to play from bell to bell, because he broke cervical vertebrae, survived four operations on his knee at a time when medicine was not as developed as it is now, he still managed to become the best player at the Youth World Cup as a forward, then play in midfield with the seniors and in defense, up to the libero position. He will easily cover the right side of this team, because he could do everything on the field. And Vladimir Vasilyevich’s daughter took after her father - Anna collected dozens of medals at European Championships, world and two bronze medals at the Olympics, doing rhythmic gymnastics.

Albert Shesternev. “Ivan the Terrible” from the center of defense played all his life for CSKA, with whom he was able to become the champion of the USSR only once, but successfully played for the union team - both at Euro 64 and at the World Cup 66 he was a notable defender who performed at the level the best masters of his time, not much inferior to them and earned the reputation of one of the strongest players in Europe of his time by being included in the France Football lists. If it had been possible to go to the West then, I might well have received an invitation from prominent clubs of the sixties. It just didn’t work out, as a result, Albert Alekseevich spent his best years in an “army team” T-shirt, ended his career due to injury at thirty, then abused alcohol, and died at fifty-three.

Murtaz Khurtsilava. The most important football player in the history of Georgia is considered by many to be the star of an ancient era, Boris Solomonovich Paichadze, covered in legends told with a Caucasian temperament, but in this team the Georgian legend will be in the center of defense. Frankly, it was difficult to choose, since two defenders of Dynamo Tbilisi at once led the USSR onto the field with the captain's armband, playing very strongly. We have played in our homeland all our lives, but between Chivadze and Khurtsilava we will choose the one who is older, the one who is sometimes called the strongest Georgian player of the second half of the last century. And who played in the semi-finals and finals of major international tournaments- the honored veteran has a World Cup 66 medal and Euro 72 silver.

Anatoly Demyanenko. Dynamo Kiev was the base club of the USSR national team during the third dawn of football, so it is not surprising that its representatives are on this roster. Demyanenko won the championship five times, took the Cup Winners' Cup, played at three world championships, and became the silver medalist of Euro 88. Of course, we can recall other prominent left-backs of the older generation, but Anatoly Vasilyevich, nicknamed “Mulya” (in childhood, he mispronounced his neighbor’s nickname) proved his courage at a time when there was no unambiguously strongest club in the world and the best team that could beat everyone and each for years.

Midfielders

Valery Voronin. Many Torpedo legends have a difficult fate - Voronin was in a car accident in 1968, from the consequences of which he did not recover, started drinking, was killed, it seems, in drunken fight. But before that, he won two championships, was the best player in the USSR - also twice, was on the list of the best players in Europe according to the Golden Ball poll - in the top ten, which says a lot, and received awards at the World Championships in England and at the Euro for two years previously the highest scores. Alain Delon of Soviet football, unfortunately, was not as happy off the field as he was in the national team and Torpedo.

Igor Netto. He played hockey well, like Yashin, but the Spartak football club managed to break him out of captivity on the ice and got a man who would win the Olympics, Euro 60 and will remain in the history of football as a gentleman, because Igor Alexandrovich at the 62 World Cup as captain of the national team The USSR helped the referee not count his own team's goal. The famous story is that the ball entered the Uruguay goal through a hole in the net. Eight years from now, Latinos will not respond with the same principle of fair play, but that is another story. And Netto is the legendary midfielder of Spartak in the champion fifties, “Goose” is appropriate here.

Fedor Cherenkov. We understand that choosing another midfielder is very difficult. There were Zavarov, Muntyan, Szabo, Kipiani, many other legends, later Mikhailichenko appeared, who managed to charm many, but look at the entire composition and you will understand that it is Cherenkov he is missing. Perhaps, main man in the history of Spartak, despite Netto’s legendary status, and a football player who was not fully discovered in the national team. Although this did not prevent the midfielder from becoming the best player of the USSR twice - there are three more such people, and only Blokhin has three awards, winning the championship three times and even managing to take the Russian championship. Legend, it’s a pity that he died so early - the year before last at the age of 55.

Forwards

Valentin Ivanov. Monday or Ilyin are legends, Belanov has the Golden Ball, Meskhi played wonderfully, Protasov was also a forward of incredible class, skillful and effective, like many, many others, but it is impossible not to include Valentin Kozmich in this lineup, since we are talking about the same legendary forward as his competitors. How not to get lost in Russia, having been born in Moscow with the last name Ivanov? It’s very simple - win Euro 60, become second four years later, losing only to Spain, be the top scorer of the World Cup in Chile, sharing the title with Garrincha, Vava and other legends, win trophies with Torpedo and earn the fame of a world-class master.

Eduard Streltsov. The hooligan, of course, was a noble one, but how he played! There must be a person in the USSR national team who was not allowed to become the greatest Russian player in history due to the traditional corporate stupidity of the time. But the strange case and subsequent imprisonment did not prevent him from becoming a legend. Instead of going to the World Cup in Sweden, where all the experts were waiting for him, just like young star Brazilians Pele, Eduard went to the stage to cut down the forest, then he was exposed to radiation at work, went bald, lost six football years and began to look like an old man. Although he returned to Torpedo to score goals again, he did not win everything he could. Although he was a master of an incredible level, he appeared on the lists of the best players in Europe even after returning from prison.

Oleg Blokhin. The only player of the USSR national team with more than a hundred matches in history, the top scorer, one of the three Ukrainians with the Golden Ball. He devoted almost two decades to Dynamo Kyiv, with whom he won seven championship titles, held the cup in his hands five times, won three international trophies - two Cup Winners' Cups and one UEFA Super Cup, and then Bayern itself became Blokhin's victim. He needs no introduction, because he was the player of the year three times, taking the baton from Lovchev (yes, that same one). In total, Oleg Vladimirovich scored almost four hundred goals in his career, that is, he scored more often than in every second match. One of the strongest forwards of his time, an unconditional and honored member of any version of the symbolic USSR national team.

Stanislav GORIN.

In Soviet times there were many outstanding football players - and we made up a symbolic team of them. When selecting, we were entirely focused on the players' titles - both personal and team. The players of the symbolic team have played in different decades since 1945. Pre-war football of the USSR is a topic for a separate publication. The playing pattern of this fictional team is 4-3-3, but it so happens that all the defenders in the selected team are central, and among the midfielders there is one winger. Judge for yourself.

Goalkeepers:

Lev Yashin

Yashin is a legend of world football, the main goalkeeper in history. Yashin, who played for Dynamo Moscow, spent 16 years as a member of the national team. won the Olympic Games in Melbourne 1956 and Euro 1960, five-time champion of the USSR. In 1966, Lev Yashin was recognized as the best football player in the world. The “Black Spider” is immortalized both in officialdom and in folklore. He is also remembered abroad: in 2002, he entered the FIFA “dream team”, and on the eve of the Russian World Cup, football publications around the world recalled the game of Lev Yashin.

Substitutes: Alexey Khomich, Rinat Dasaev

Defenders

Albert Shesternev

Albert Shesternev was called Ivan the Terrible in the English press. The defender was born in Moscow two days before the start of the Great Patriotic War. Shesternev made his debut in CSKA at the age of 17 (he would spend his entire career at the army club), and at the age of 21 he became captain. Captain Shesternev also played in the Soviet national team in the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s. The defender played the most matches as captain of the national team. As part of the national team, Shesternev won silver at the 1964 European Championship and participated in the 1970 World Championship. For four years in a row, from 1968 to 1971, he was among the contenders for the Ballon d'Or. This is a unique indicator for a defender.

Murtaz Khurtsilava

Albert Shesternev’s defensive partner in the Soviet Union national team, and then heir as captain, Murtaz Khurtsilava, spent almost his entire career in Dynamo Tbilisi, with whom he became the USSR champion in 1964. Khurtsilava had a particularly successful year in the national team in 1972 - it was this year that Khurtsi (as his fans called him) won silver at the European Championship and bronze at the Olympic Games. In 2003, Khurtsilava was recognized as the most outstanding Georgian football player of the last 50 years.

Anatoly Demyanenko

Dynamo Kiev captain Lobanovsky was a key player in the USSR national team in the late 1980s. Demyanenko was able to win silver at the 1988 European Championship, and at the club level he won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1986. The reliable play of Anatoly Demyanenko was well remembered. The defender was included in the symbolic team of France Football magazine for the entire history of the European Championships and several times claimed the Golden Ball.

Vagiz Khidiyatullin

The student of the Rostov sports boarding school was a symbol of Spartak, although Khidiyatullin, as a result of a murky story, ended up in CSKA, played in France, and ended his career in Dynamo Moscow. Khidiyatullin played in the outdated position of the last defender. He had a rough start to his career - he was compared to Beckenbauer. Khidiyatullin was characterized as a tenacious defender and a born leader. At different times he achieved success with the national team. In 1980 he won bronze at the Moscow Olympics, and in 1988 he won silver at the European Championship.

Subs: Evgeny Lovchev, Alexander Chivadze, Anatoly Maslenkin, Revaz Dzodushvili

Midfielders:

Igor Netto

Captain of the legendary Soviet national team of the 1950s and 1960s. It was with Netto that the USSR national team won the Olympics in Melbourne and Euro 1960. Igor Netto was the unquestioning leader of Spartak Moscow, where he spent 18 seasons. The midfielder started under Stalin. If the symbolic team had a captain, then it would be Netto.

Valentin Ivanov

Valentin Ivanov played as a winger or winger, but let there be a clearly defined flank player in the midfield of the symbolic team. Ivanov is a representative of the golden generation, a partner of Igor Netto and Lev Yashin, and then Albert Shesternev. Valentin Ivanov won gold in Melbourne, became European champion in 1960, and won silver at the next European Championship. Ivanov scored a lot - he was in third place among the top scorers of the Soviet Union national team, and at the 1962 World Cup he became the best sniper of the tournament. The football player's entire club career was spent in the Moscow Torpedo. Ivanov twice became the champion of the Soviet Union as part of the Torpedo team.

Alexander Zavarov

Playmaker of Dynamo Kiev Valery Lobanovsky. It was from Alexander Zavarov's passes that Blokhin, Protasov and Belanov scored. As part of the Kiev team, Zavarov won the 1986 Cup Winners' Cup. The midfielder played for the Soviet Union national team briefly, but brilliantly. In 1988 he won silver at the European Championship. Alexander Zavarov was twice called to play for the world team in the 1980s. And in 1988, Zavarov moved to Juventus, where he spent two seasons.

Substitutes: Valery Voronin, Fedor Cherenkov, Sergei Oleynikov

Forwards:

Eduard Streltsov

The Torpedo striker, who was called the “Soviet Pele,” was deprived of seven years of his career. On a strange, far-fetched charge of rape, Eduard Streltsov was arrested on the eve of the 1958 World Cup. The striker was only 20 years old. Streltsov spent five years in camps, and for another two years the striker tried to return to football. Even despite the seven years taken away, Streltsov became the fourth scorer in the history of the national team - in 38 matches, the Torpedo player scored 25 goals, Streltsov managed to win gold medals in Melbourne.

Oleg Blokhin

The main scorer of the Soviet championship and the national team. His statistics are amazing: 215 goals in 432 matches for Dynamo Kiev and 45 goals in 112 games for the USSR national team. The best striker in the entire history of the Soviet Union. Oleg Blokhin received the Golden Ball in 1975, a prize for the best football player in Europe. With Dynamo Kiev, the striker won the Cup Winners' Cup twice. His career in the national team was undoubtedly a success, but Blokhin managed to win only two bronze medals at the Olympic football tournament.

Vsevolod Bobrov

Vsevolod Bobrov played football in the summer and hockey in the winter. In both sports, Bobrov was very successful. As a football player he played in CDKA, where Bobrov scored 80 goals in 79 matches. Together with Dynamo he went on the legendary tour of Great Britain in 1945. In four matches with English clubs he scored six goals. Alas, Bobrov fell a little short of the main victories of the USSR football team, but he was a two-time world champion and Olympic champion in hockey.

Substitutes: Igor Belanov, Oleg Protasov, Victor Ponedelnik