Anatoli Ilyin | |
Fullname: | Anatoli Mikhaylovich Ilyin |
Height: | 1.77 m |
Birth Date: | 27 June 1931 |
Birth Place: | Moscow, USSR |
Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
Position: | Striker |
Youthyears1: | 1945 |
Youthyears2: | 1946–1948 |
Youthclubs1: | Pischevik Moscow |
Youthclubs2: | Trudovye Rezervy Moscow |
Years1: | 1949–1962 |
Clubs1: | FC Spartak Moscow |
Caps1: | 224 |
Goals1: | 83 |
Nationalyears1: | 1952–1959 |
Nationalteam1: | Soviet Union |
Nationalcaps1: | 31 |
Nationalgoals1: | 16 |
Anatoli Mikhaylovich Ilyin (Russian: Анатолий Михайлович Ильин; 27 June 1931 – 10 February 2016) was a Soviet Russian footballer.[1]
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]