About Anatoli Ilyin
Lived 1931 – 2016 (aged 84). Anatoli Ilyin was a Russian association football player and association football coach.
Anatoli Mikhaylovich Ilyin (; 27 June 1931 – 10 February 2016) was a Soviet Russian footballer.
Honours Olympic champion: 1956. Soviet Top League winner: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962. Soviet Top League runner-up: 1954, 1955. Soviet Top League bronze: 1957, 1961. Soviet Cup winner: 1958. Soviet Top League top scorer: 1954 (11 goals), 1958 (20 goals). Grigory Fedotov club member.
International career He earned 31 caps and scored 16 goals for the Soviet Union from 1952 to 1959. He earned an Olympic gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics, scoring the game-winning goal of the Gold Medal match, and also participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
Ilyin also scored the first goal in the history of the UEFA European Championship, scoring a goal 4 minutes into a qualifying game against Hungary in 1958.
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Who was Anatoli Ilyin?
Russian footballer (1931-2016)
When was Anatoli Ilyin born?
Anatoli Ilyin was born on 27 June 1931 in Moscow.
When did Anatoli Ilyin die?
Anatoli Ilyin died on 10 February 2016 in Moscow.
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Anatoli Ilyin was an association football player and association football coach.
What nationality was Anatoli Ilyin?
Anatoli Ilyin was Russian.
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