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Lev Yashin was a Russian soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. His professional career spanned from 1949 to 1971. He was recognized in the Ballon Dor collection. Yashin was born on October 21 or 22, 1929, and died on March 20, 1990.
Physical records indicate he had a height of 189 and a mass of 82. He is associated with the team _Deceased Soccer.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lev
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Occupation
- ice hockey player
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Russian
- Participant in
- 1966 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- ice hockey
- Member of team
- Soviet Union national association football team
- Position played
- goalkeeper
- Country for sport
- Soviet Union
- Mass
- 82
- Image
- Lev Yashin 1966.jpg
- Height
- 189
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- Commons category
- Lev Yashin
- date of birth
- 1929-10-22
- date of death
- 1990-03-20
- place of burial
- Vagankovo Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- nickname
- Чёрная пантера
- end of work period
- 1971-00-00
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
- medical condition
- amputation
- name in native language
- Лев Иванович Яшин
- ethnic group
- Russians
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Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Russian: Лев Иванович Яшин; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990) was a Soviet professional footballer considered to be one of the greatest players of all time and the best goalkeeper in the history of the sport. He was the first and only goalkeeper to win the Ballon d'Or. He was known for his athleticism, positioning, imposing presence in goal, and acrobatic reflex saves. He was also deputy chairman of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union.
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