Vladimir Nikitovich Maslachenko (russian: Владимир Никитович Маслаченко; 5 March 1936 – 28 November 2010) was a

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and football commentator. He was born in Vasylkivka,

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Oblast ( uk, Дніпропетро́вська о́бласть, translit=Dnipropetrovska oblast), also referred to as Dnipropetrovshchyna ( uk, Дніпропетро́вщина), is an oblast (province) of central-eastern Ukra ...

, in the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

Biography

Maslachenko was a native Ukrainian (

khokhol Oseledets ( uk, оселедець, p=ɔsɛˈl ɛdɛt͡sʲ, IPA: �sɛ'lɛdɛt͡sʲ, hohol in Russian or chub ( uk, чуб, translit=chub, p=t͡ɕup, IPA: ͡ɕup is a traditional Ukrainian style of haircut that features a long lock of hair le ...

as he called himself)Маслаченко: на самом деле неопределённость создаёт сам Веллитон
Championat.com. 22 September 2010 from Vasylkivka (a settlement in west

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) and a product of youth football club from

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. His senior level career he started in 1953 when he joined the local football "giant" FC Dnipro which at the time was known as Metallurg Dnepropetrovsk. After several seasons in 1957 Maslachenko was invited to

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where he stayed to his death. In Moscow he competed for Lokomotiv and Spartak. During that period he also played for the

Soviet Union 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 became a European champion in 1960. In 1962 Maslachenko became a champion of the Soviet Class A First Group (Soviet top league) with Spartak Moscow. After retiring in 1970 Maslachenko graduated the State Central Institute of Physical Culture. The same year he started his other career as a pundit (radio commentator) at the All Union Radio and the Central Television. In 1972-73 Maslachenko tried himself out as a football manager, while coaching in Chad. In 1973-1990 he worked as a sports commentator in Soviet television news program

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at the First Programme of the Central Television. Following dissolution of the Soviet Union he worked as at the Russian State Television and Radio Company "Ostankino" and since 1996 at the Russian

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. In 2010 he died in

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: 1962. *

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: 1957, 1963, 1965. *

Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

: 1961.

International career

He earned 8 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 two World Cups, as well as the first ever European Nations' Cup in 1960, where the Soviets were champions.

References

External links

Profile (in Russian)
1936 births 2010 deaths Soviet footballers Soviet Union international footballers 1958 FIFA World Cup players 1962 FIFA World Cup players 1960 European Nations' Cup players UEFA European Championship-winning players FC Dnipro players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Spartak Moscow players Soviet Top League players Russian association football commentators Ukrainian footballers Association football goalkeepers Soviet sports journalists Sportspeople from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast {{USSR-footy-goalkeeper-stub