Anatoli Ilyin

Anatoli Mikhaylovich Ilyin (Russian: Анатолий Михайлович Ильин; 27 June 1931 – 10 February 2016) was a Soviet Russian footballer.^[1]

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Anatoli Ilyin

Personal information
Full name	Anatoli Mikhaylovich Ilyin
Date of birth	(1931-06-27)27 June 1931
Place of birth	Moscow, USSR
Date of death	10 February 2016(2016-02-10) (aged 84)
Place of death	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1945	Pischevik Moscow
1946–1948	Trudovye Rezervy Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1962	FC Spartak Moscow	224	(83)
International career
1952–1959	Soviet Union	31	(16)
Medal record Olympic Games Representing  Soviet Union 1956 Melbourne Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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• Olympic champion: 1956.
• Soviet Top League winner: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962.
• Soviet Top League runner-up: 1954, 1955.
• Soviet Top League bronze: 1957, 1961.
• Soviet Cup winner: 1958.
• Soviet Top League top scorer: 1954 (11 goals), 1958 (20 goals).
• Grigory Fedotov club member.

He earned 31 caps and scored 16 goals for the Soviet Union from 1952 to 1959. He earned an Olympic gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics,^[2] scoring the game-winning goal of the Gold Medal match, and also participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

Ilyin also scored the first goal in the history of the UEFA European Championship, scoring a goal 4 minutes into a qualifying game against Hungary in 1958.^[3]