Probably the greatest goalkeeper of all-time, Yashin spent his entire playing career with Moscow Dynamo and after retirement was a coach there. He helped Dynamo win five league championships and three cups. Yashin’s playing was a vital element in the Soviet national team’s gold medal win at the 1956 Olympics, and he was the Soviet keeper in three World Cups. He became the only goalkeeper to be named European footballer of the year, and was awarded the title of world goalkeeper of the 20th century.
In the words of the man himself :
"What kind of a goalkeeper is the one who is not tormented by the goal he has allowed? He must be tormented! And if he is calm, that means the end. No matter what he had in the past, he has no future."
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