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Eduard Streltsov
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Soviet footballer (1937-1990)
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Eduard Streltsov was a Soviet association football player and engineer who played as a forward. Born on July 21, 1937, he represented FC Torpedo Moscow and the Soviet Union national association football team. His professional career spanned from 1954 to 1970. Streltsov participated in the 1956 Summer Olympics and received the Order of the Badge of Honour and the title of Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR. He was also known by the nicknames Стрелец, Русский танк, Советский Пеле, and El Pelé Rus.
Streltsov stood 182 centimeters tall. He was convicted of rape. He died of laryngeal cancer from natural causes on July 22, 1990, in Moscow. He is buried at Vagankovo Cemetery.
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Key facts
- Full name
- Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov
- Date of birth
- ( 1937-07-21 ) 21 July 1937
- Place of birth
- Perovo , Moscow, USSR
- Date of death
- 22 July 1990 (1990-07-22) (aged 53)
- Place of death
- Moscow, USSR
- Positions
- Forward attacking midfielder
- 1950 53
- Fraser
- Years
- Team
- 1953 1958
- Torpedo Moscow
- 1965 1970
- Torpedo Moscow
- 1955 1968
- Soviet Union
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eduard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- engineer
- Participant in
- 1956 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Soviet Union national association football team
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Soviet Union
- Image
- RU139-15.jpg
- Height
- 182
- Convicted of
- rape
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- date of birth
- 1937-07-21
- date of death
- 1990-07-22
- place of burial
- Vagankovo Cemetery
- Commons category
- Eduard Streltsov
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- laryngeal cancer
- end of work period
- 1970-00-00
- start of work period
- 1954-00-00
- nickname
- El Pelé Rus
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Encyclopedic overview
Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov (Russian: Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Стрельцо́в, IPA: [ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲitɕ strʲɪlʲˈtsof] ; 21 July 1937 – 22 July 1990) was a Soviet footballer who played as a forward for Torpedo Moscow and the Soviet national team during the 1950s and 1960s. A powerful and skilful attacking player, he scored the fourth-highest number of goals for the Soviet Union and has been called "the greatest outfield player Russia has ever produced". He is sometimes dubbed "the Russian Pelé".
Born and raised in east Moscow, Streltsov joined Torpedo at the age of 16 in 1953 and made his international debut two years later. He was part of the squad that won the gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, and came seventh in the 1957 Ballon d'Or. The following year, his promising career was interrupted by allegations of sexual assault shortly before the 1958 World Cup. Soviet authorities pledged he could still play if he admitted his guilt, after which he confessed, but was instead prosecuted and sentenced to twelve years of forced labour under the Gulag system (abolished in 1960 and replaced by prisons). The conviction was highly controversial, with many pointing to conflicts between Streltsov and government officials.
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