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Anatoli Ilyin

Legend LM
Rating
88
Caps
31
Goals
16
Life
1931–2016
Clubs
Spartak Moscow
Honours
2× Hall of Fame
#9
Editorial rank of 33 for Russia
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Three minutes after half time in Melbourne on 8 December 1956, he scored the only goal of the Olympic final against Yugoslavia, and two years later he opened the European Championship's very first match four minutes in. Olympic gold in 1956 came with five Soviet league titles and a cup at Spartak Moscow, two league scoring crowns, and the goal that knocked England out of the 1958 World Cup. Career record: 31 caps and 16 goals for Russia; club career at Spartak Moscow; honours include 2× Hall of Fame.

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Career record

1949–1962Spartak Moscow
Russia31 caps, 16 goals

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Around Ilyin in the almanac

One rank above: Aleksandr Mostovoi at #8.

One rank below: Andrey Arshavin at #10.

Russia's editorial top five: Lev Yashin · Eduard Streltsov · Igor Netto · Rinat Dasayev · Albert Shesternyov.