Yuri Pavlovich Korotkikh (russian: Юрий Павлович Коротких; 23 November 1939 – 29 February 2016) was a Soviet

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er who played as a

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in the 1950s and 1960s.

Career

Born in

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Chita Oblast Chita Oblast ( rus, Чити́нская о́бласть, r=Čitínskaja óblastj, p=tɕɪˈtʲinskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) was a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) in southeast Siberia, Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Chita. ...

, Korotkikh began playing youth football with Mekhannik Tyumen. He was drafted into the Soviet Army and played football for Zvezda Tyumen. In 1958, Korotkikh joined Metallurg Nizhny Tagil where he made his professional debut in the

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 ...

. After performing well for Metallurg, Korotkikh was selected for a Soviet Union youth national team tour of Korea DPR and Vietnam, and a move to

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 ...

side

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English l ...

followed. At CSKA, Korotkikh was a reserve to national team goalkeeper

Boris Razinsky Boris Davidovich Razinsky (russian: Борис Давидович Разинский; 12 July 1933 — 6 August 2012) was a Soviet Russian Olympic champion football player and manager. Personal life Razinsky was born in Lyubertsy, Russia, a ...

. After making only five league appearances for CSKA, Korotkikh was sent out to

Serpukhov Serpukhov ( rus, Серпухов, p=ˈsʲɛrpʊxəf) is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Oka and the Nara Rivers, south from Moscow ( from Moscow Ring Road) on the Moscow—Simferopol highway. The Moscow— T ...

SKA Rostov-on-Don FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (russian: ФК СКА Ростов-на-Дону) is a Russian association football club based in Rostov-on-Don. The club's history includes becoming runners-up of the Soviet Top League in 1966 and winning the Soviet Cup in ...

and Krylia Sovetov Kuybyshev. In 1964, Korotkikh joined Soviet Top League side

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

where he would enjoy his greatest successes. He appeared in 111 competitive matches for Shakhtar, was named to the list of the 33 best Soviet Top League players three times, and was awarded an

Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR (russian: Единая Всесоюзная спортивная классификация) is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for both athletes an ...

. During the 1966 season, Korotkikh had a 913-minute streak of league play without conceding a goal, the third best of all-time in the Soviet Top League. At the end of his playing career, Korotkikh joined Soviet Second League side Metalurh Zhdanov. After he retired from playing, he stayed in Zhdanov to work as a coach for Metalurh and another local club, Lokomotiv.

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* 1939 births 2016 deaths Soviet men's footballers Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR FC Uralets-TS Nizhny Tagil players PFC CSKA Moscow players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players FC Mariupol players Men's association football goalkeepers FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players {{USSR-footy-goalkeeper-stub