Anatoly Yevstigneyevich Masljonkin

Anatoly Masljonkin
Personnel
Surname	Anatoly Yevstigneyevich Masljonkin
birthday	June 29, 1930
place of birth	Moscow ,  Russian SFSR
date of death	May 16, 1988
Place of death	Moscow ,  Russian SFSR
position	Middle runner other defensive positions
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1954-1963	Spartak Moscow	216 (8)
1964-1966	Shinnik Yaroslavl	89 (1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1955-1962	Soviet Union	33 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

Anatoly Yevstignejewitsch Masljonkin , Russian Анатолий Евстигнеевич Маслёнкин (born June 29, 1930 in Moscow , †  May 16, 1988 there ) was a Soviet football player . The defensive player became Olympic champion in 1956 with the selection of the USSR and European champion in 1960 , he also took part in the soccer world championships in 1958 and 1962 .

Masljonkin was very hard of hearing, he could still hear the referee's whistles, but was mostly unresponsive to the calls of his teammates and the coach. Because of his talent to "read" the game and to interact with his own goalkeeper , he mostly played as a center runner . In the national team, however, he was sometimes also used as a man marker to neutralize particularly important attackers of the opponent - such. B. Raymond Kopas - used.

career

Masljonkin came to Spartak Moscow in 1954 after not having previously shown outstanding performance . There, however, he was able to play his way into the starting eleven almost immediately and in the summer of 1955 he was appointed to the Soviet team. In his first game against reigning world champions Germany , he scored his only international goal. During his time at Spartak, he was an important pillar of the team that became champions of the USSR in 1956, 1958 and 1962, and won the country's cup in 1956 and 1963. He was also an important pillar in the selection of the USSR, he was used in 33 A-internationals and one B-internationals between 1955 and 1962 and took part in four major tournaments.

In 1964 he moved to the promoted Schinnik Yaroslavl , with whom he also played for one season after the immediate relegation in the 2nd division before ending his career as a player.

After his active career, he worked as a sports teacher at various sports schools.

A few years after his death in 1988, former team-mates from his Spartak days donated a memorial to him.

Web links

• Anatoli Masljonkin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Masljonkin's entry in the database Sbornaja Rossii po futbolu (RussiaTeam.ru) . ( Russian )