Role Football player Height 1.8 m | Years Team Name Anatoli Kozhemyakin | |
Full name Anatoli Yevgenyevich Kozhemyakin Date of birth (1953-02-24)February 24, 1953 Date of death October 13, 1974(1974-10-13) (aged 21) Died October 13, 1974, Moscow, Russia | ||
Place of birth Moscow, Russian SFSR Place of death Moscow, Russian SFSR | ||
Anatoli Yevgenyevich Kozhemyakin (Russian: Анатолий Евгеньевич Кожемякин, 24 February 1953 – 13 October 1974) was a Soviet football player. He died in a freak accident: he was stuck in an elevator, but was able to open the elevator doors, as he tried to climb out, the elevator started moving again and crushed him to death.
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International career
Kozhemyakin made his debut for USSR on 29 March 1972 (aged 19) in a friendly against Bulgaria. He played in a 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Chile. USSR team did not go to the return game against Chile in protest against the Augusto Pinochet regime.
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