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Lev Yashin

Personal information
Full name	Lev Ivanovich Yashin
Date of birth	(1929-10-22)22 October 1929
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Date of death	20 March 1990(1990-03-20) (aged 60)
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1950-1970	Dynamo Moscow
National team
1954-1967	Soviet Union
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Lev Yashin (22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990) is a former Russian football player. He has played for Dynamo Moscow and Soviet Union national team.

Club career statistics

Club performance			League
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals
Soviet Union			League
1950	Dynamo Moscow	Top League	2	0
1951			0	0
1952			0	0
1953			13	0
1954			24	0
1955			22	0
1956			19	0
1957			12	0
1958			6	0
1959			19	0
1960			18	0
1961			19	0
1962			17	0
1963			27	0
1964			28	0
1965			20	0
1966			8	0
1967			20	0
1968			17	0
1969			22	0
1970			13	0
Country	Soviet Union		326	0
Total			326	0

International career statistics

Soviet Union national team
Year	Apps	Goals
Total	74	0

Images for kids

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  Yashin’s Dynamo Moscow jersey (middle), next to Platini’s (left) and Kahn’s (right) in the San Siro museum

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  Yashin in 1960

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  Yashin on a 2016 Russian stamp from the series "Football Legends"

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  Bronze statue of Yashin in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil