Yuriy Vitaliyovych Dehteryov ( uk, Юрій Віталійович Дегтерьов, russian: Юрий Витальевич Дегтерёв, ''Yuriy Vitalyevich Degteryov''; 5 October 1948 – 9 October 2022) was a Ukrainian

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who played as a

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. Dehteryov is considered to be the best goalkeeper and one of the most legendary players to play for

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 ...

. He was the first goalkeeper to captain Shakhtar. He held the record for most appearances for Shakhtar and at the time of his death, had the fifth most. Dehteryov was a member of the football congress of the unrecognised

Donetsk People's Republic The Donetsk People's Republic ( rus, Донецкая Народная Республика, Donetskaya Narodnaya Respublika, dɐˈnʲetskəjə nɐˈrodnəjə rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə; abbreviated as DPR or DNR, rus, ДНР) is a Territorial ...

International career

Dehteryov made his debut for

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on 1 August 1968 in a friendly against

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. He played in the

1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by t ...

and

UEFA Euro 1980 The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship finals tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. It was the first European Championship to feature eight teams i ...

qualifiers (USSR did not qualify for the final tournament for either). In his 17 international participations he only allowed 10 goals as well as won 10 of those 17 games. His best games came in October 1977 against France (8 October) and the Netherlands (5 October) where he did not concede a goal in either game. In 1979, Dehteryov played couple of games for

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at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.Football at the 1979 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Shakhtar Donetsk *

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: 1980 Soviet Union U19 *

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: 1966, 1967 Individual * "Ogoniok" Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year: 1977 *

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third place: 1977

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1948 births 2022 deaths People of the Donetsk People's Republic Ukrainian people of Russian descent Soviet footballers Soviet Union international footballers Ukraine international footballers Soviet Top League players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players Footballers from Donetsk Pro-Russian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine Pro-Russian people of the war in Donbas Association football goalkeepers Ukrainian collaborators with Russia {{USSR-footy-goalkeeper-stub