Gennadi Aleksandrovich Krasnitsky (russian: Геннадий Александрович Красницкий) (August 27, 1940 in
Tashkent
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– June 12, 1988 in
Qurghonteppa
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, suicide by jumping out of the highrise window) was a
Soviet
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football player.
Career
He became the first
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked cou ...
i player scored 100 goals in
Soviet Top League
The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991.
The professional top level ...
to enter the
Grigory Fedotov club
Grigory Fedotov Club (russian: Клуб Григо́рия Федо́това) is a non-official list of Soviet and Russian football players that have scored 100 or more goals during their professional career. This club is named after first Sovie ...
. The club of top-scoring footballers in Uzbekistan is named after him -
Gennadi Krasnitsky club
Gennadi Krasnitsky club ( uz, Геннадий Красницкий тўпурарлар клуби or Gennadi Krasnitsky to'purarlar klubi, russian: Клуб Геннадия Красницкого) is a list of Uzbek football players that have s ...
, was founded in 2010.
Honours
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Grigory Fedotov club
Grigory Fedotov Club (russian: Клуб Григо́рия Федо́това) is a non-official list of Soviet and Russian football players that have scored 100 or more goals during their professional career. This club is named after first Sovie ...
member: 112 (goals)
International career
Krasnitsky made his debut for
USSR
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on May 21, 1961 in a friendly against
Poland
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.
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Profile
1940 births
1988 deaths
Uzbekistani footballers
Soviet footballers
Soviet Union international footballers
Soviet football managers
Soviet Top League players
Pakhtakor Tashkent FK players
Pakhtakor Tashkent FK managers
Sportspeople from Tashkent
Association football forwards
Suicides by jumping
Suicides in the Soviet Union
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