Ihor Ivanovych Zaytsev ( uk, Ігор Іванович Зайцев; russian: Игорь Иванович Зайцев; 21 April 1934 – 27 January 2016) was a
football
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striker
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Career
Born in
Moscow
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, Zaytsev spent his career as player for a number of different Soviet football clubs, including Lokomotiv Moscow, Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk and Avanhard Ternopil. After his retirement from football at age 30, Zaytsev worked as a hairdresser. In 2015, he lived in
Kyiv
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. He died in 2016, aged 81.
Ушёл из жизни Игорь Зайцeв
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Awards and honours
;Awards
* USSR Premier League runner-up: 1959
* USSR Cup
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: 1957
References
External links
Profile at ua-football.com
1934 births
2016 deaths
Footballers from Moscow
Soviet men's footballers
Olympic footballers for the Soviet Union
Ukrainian men's footballers
SKA Lviv players
FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk players
Soviet Top League players
Men's association football forwards
PFC CSKA Moscow players
FC Avanhard Ternopil players
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