Yuri Vasilyevich Golov (russian: link=no, Юрий Васильевич Голов; 22 July 1937 – 9 January 2014) was a Russian

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who primarily played as a

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. Golov played in the

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and

Soviet First League The Soviet First League in football (russian: Первая лига СССР по футболу) was the second highest division of Soviet football,Evgeni Kazakov. The Soviet First Football League (Первая лига СССР по футбо ...

with

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. He also played in the Soviet First League with FC Avangard Zhovti Vody and FC Metallurg Kuibyshev.

Biography

Yuri Golov debuted as a professional footballer in 1961 at the age of 25 with the club Raketa Gorky. Three years later, at Volga Gorky, in his first match against FC Dinamo Moscow, he scored the winning goal, at the

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, against

Lev Yashin Lev Ivanovich Yashin (russian: Лев Иванович Яшин; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990), nicknamed the "Black Spider" or the "Black Panther", was a Soviet professional footballer regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper in the hi ...

. He is also the ninth player with the most goals in the club's history, with 26. After four seasons and 156 games played, he was transferred to FC Avanhard for one season. Finally, Yuri Golov retired in 1972 at the age of 36. Yuri Golov died following a long illness on 9 January 2014, aged 77, in his hometown of

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

, Russia.

Clubs

References

1937 births 2014 deaths Footballers from Nizhny Novgorod Soviet men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players {{Russia-footy-bio-stub