Eduard Isaakovich Dubinski (russian: Эдуард Исаакович Дубинский, ua, Едуард Ісаакович Дубинський, ''Eduard Isaakovych Dubynskyi''; 19 April 1935 in

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

) was a

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and

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football defender who was best known for suffering a horrific injury at the

1962 FIFA World Cup The 1962 FIFA World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held from 30 May to 17 June 1962 in Chile. The qualification rounds took place be ...

that contributed to his death.

Biography

Born in

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

family, Dubinski played as a sweeper or a full-back and was a member of the

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in the 1960s, going on to win a total of 12 caps. In 1962, two years after the Soviets won the initial European Nations Cup, Dubinsky played at the

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. In the first match of the preliminary round, Dubinsky's leg was broken by Yugoslav

Muhamed Mujić Muhamed Mujić (25 April 1933 – 20 February 2016) was a Yugoslav footballer of Bosnian ethnicity. Mujić played for Velež Mostar for most of his career and made his international debut in an April 1956 Central European International Cup ...

(who was not penalised for the foul, but later suspended by his team). (a form of cancer), which eventually contributed to his death a number of years later.

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Profile in Russian
1935 births 1969 deaths Footballers from Kharkiv Ukrainian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Jewish footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1964 European Nations' Cup players FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv players PFC CSKA Moscow players SKA Kiev players SKA Odesa players FC Metallurg Lipetsk players Men's association football defenders Jewish Ukrainian sportspeople {{USSR-footy-bio-stub