Eduard Anatoljewitsch Strelzow

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Eduard Strelzow
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Portrait of Strelzow on a 2 ruble coin from 2009
Personnel
Surname Eduard Anatoljewitsch Strelzow
birthday July 21, 1937
place of birth Perowo , Moscow Oblast ,  Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
date of death July 22, 1990
Place of death Moscow ,  Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
size 182 cm
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1954-1958 Torpedo Moscow 89 (48)
1965-1970 Torpedo Moscow 133 (51)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1955-1968 Soviet Union 38 (25)
1 Only league games are given.

Eduard Anatoljewitsch Strelzow ( Russian Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Стрельцо́в ; born July 21, 1937 in Perowo, Moscow Oblast , today Moscow ; † July 22, 1990 in Moscow) was a Soviet football player . Strelzow, also known as the "Russian Pelé ", after whom the heel trick is still named in Russia today , is considered the best Russian outfield player of all time. He is as popular in his home country as the goalkeeping legend Lev Yashin , although his career was far less successful.

Career

Strelzow was just 19 years old when he played a decisive role in the football tournament of the 1956 Summer Olympics in ensuring that the Soviet Union team reached the final. Because his striker colleague from Torpedo Moscow , Valentin Ivanov , injured himself in the semifinals and therefore could not be used in the final, but national coach Gavriil Katschalin wanted to build a block in the attack, Strelzov also missed the final. In this, the Soviet Union team prevailed 1-0 against Yugoslavia and won the Olympic gold medal. Because the medal was only given to those players who had also contested the final, Strelzow went empty-handed.

For the soccer world championship 1958 in Sweden his participation was considered safe. But on May 26, 1958, less than two weeks before the tournament started on June 8, Strelzow was arrested. He was charged with raping a young woman whom he had met at a party the night before. The hopeful football talent was sentenced to twelve years ' imprisonment in a fast-track trial. After five years he was released early from prison and another two years later he was given permission to play football again in the highest Soviet league .

Monument to Strelzow at the entrance to the stadium named after him

Although he was no longer as quick and tricky as he was before his imprisonment, he was now celebrating his greatest successes. In his first year (1965) he won the championship with his parent club Torpedo and three years later (1968) the Soviet Cup. He was also voted Soviet Union footballer twice in a row in 1967 and 1968.

death

Eduard Strelzow died of throat cancer one day after his 53rd birthday . He played a total of 222 games for Torpedo Moscow between 1954 and 1970, scoring 100 goals. In addition, between 1955 and 1968 he was appointed to the Soviet Union's selection team 38 times and scored a total of 25 hits.

In his honor, the former Torpedo Stadium has now been renamed Eduard Strelzow Stadium and a monument has been erected on the stadium grounds.

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personal data
SURNAME Strelzow, Eduard Anatoljewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Стрельцо́в, Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Perowo near Moscow
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1990
Place of death Moscow