Gennady Yegorovich Yevryuzhikhin (russian: Геннадий Егорович Еврюжихин; born 4 February 1944 in

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an ...

; died 15 March 1998 in

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 Russian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

Honours

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 ...

winner: 1976 (spring). *

runner-up: 1967, 1970. *

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...

winner: 1967, 1970. *

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by UEFA. The tourn ...

finalist: 1972. * Olympic bronze: 1972.

International career

He earned 37 caps for the

USSR national football team The Soviet Union national football team ( rus, сбо́рная СССР по футбо́лу, r=sbórnaya SSSR po futbólu) was the national football team of the former Soviet Union. After the breakup of the Union the team was transformed i ...

, and participated in

UEFA Euro 1968 The 1968 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Italy. This was the third UEFA European Championship, an event held every four years and organised by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 5 and 10 June 1968. It ...

and the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He also earned a bronze medal in

football at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Olympic football tournament, held in Munich, Augsburg, Ingolstadt, Nürnberg, Passau, and Regensburg, was played as part of the 1972 Summer Olympics. The tournament features 16 men's national teams from five continental confederations. T ...

, scoring one goal against Sudan.

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1944 births Footballers from Kazan 1998 deaths Russian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1968 players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Soviet Top League players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Dynamo Moscow players Olympic footballers for the Soviet Union Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery Men's association football forwards FC Lokomotiv Saint Petersburg players {{Russia-footy-forward-1940s-stub