SOCCER PLAYER

Eduard Streltsov

1937 - 1990

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Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov (Russian: Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Стрельцо́в, IPA: [ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲitɕ strʲɪlʲˈtsof] ; 21 July 1937 – 22 July 1990) was a Soviet footballer who played as a forward for Torpedo Moscow and the Soviet national team during the 1950s and 1960s. A powerful and skilful attacking player, he scored the fourth-highest number of goals for the Soviet Union and has been called "the greatest outfield player Russia has ever produced". He is sometimes dubbed "the Russian Pelé". Born and raised in east Moscow, Streltsov joined Torpedo at the age of 16 in 1953 and made his international debut two years later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Streltsov is the 895th most popular soccer player (down from 754th in 2019), the 787th most popular biography from Russia (down from 786th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Eduard Streltsov ranks 895 out of 21,273. Before him are Santos Urdinarán, Juan José Nogués, Raí, Romelu Lukaku, Manuel Sanchís Martínez, and Miklós Fehér. After him are Alf Ramsey, Lionel Scaloni, Søren Lerby, James Rodríguez, Tsutomu Sonobe, and Lamine Yamal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Eduard Streltsov ranks 151. Before him are Eduard Uspensky, Ned Beatty, Bruce McCandless II, Harri Holkeri, John Kennedy Toole, and Félix Miélli Venerando. After him are Lluís Martínez Sistach, Sami Frey, Jovan Divjak, Igor Volk, Suzanne Pleshette, and Alberto Spencer. Among people deceased in 1990, Eduard Streltsov ranks 93. Before him are Peter Taylor, Michel Leiris, Lothar Collatz, George de Mestral, Joan Bennett, and Sergei Dovlatov. After him are Peter Wessel Zapffe, Wolfgang Schmieder, Paul Ariste, Stefano Casiraghi, Carlos Peucelle, and Hussein Onn.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Eduard Streltsov ranks 787 out of 3,761. Before him are Anatoly Stessel (1848), Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia (1860), Stephen of Perm (1340), Mikhail Speransky (1772), Ivan Goremykin (1839), and Anna Vyrubova (1884). After him are Nikolai Severtzov (1827), Viktor Gorbatko (1934), Boris Podolsky (1896), Mikhail Pletnev (1957), Maria Bochkareva (1889), and Sergei Ivanovich Mosin (1849).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Russia

Among soccer players born in Russia, Eduard Streltsov ranks 6. Before him are Lev Yashin (1929), Rinat Dasayev (1957), Valentin Ivanov (1934), Igor Netto (1930), and Mordechai Spiegler (1944). After him are Oleg Salenko (1969), Slava Metreveli (1936), Viktor Ponedelnik (1937), Sergei Salnikov (1925), Andrey Arshavin (1981), and Valery Voronin (1939).

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