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Place of birth
  
Lyubertsy, USSR

Role
  
Football player

Name
  
Boris Razinsky


Place of death
  
Moscow, Russia

Position
  
Goalkeeper

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Full name
  
Boris Davidovich Razinsky

Date of birth
  
(1933-07-12)July 12, 1933

Date of death
  
6 August 2012(2012-08-06) (aged 79)

Died
  
August 6, 2012, Moscow, Russia

Playing position
  
Goalkeeper/Striker

Boris Davidovich Razinsky (Russian: Борис Давидович Разинский) (12 July 1933 — 6 August 2012) was a Soviet Russian football player and manager of Jewish ethnicity. He played both as a goalkeeper and as a striker (usually keeping one specific position while playing at the same club). He played in goal for the national team as a backup to Lev Yashin. He was born in Lyubertsy and died in Moscow.

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Honours

  • Olympic champion: 1956.
  • Soviet Top League winner: 1953.
  • Soviet Cup winner: 1955.
  • International career

    Razinsky made his debut for USSR on October 23, 1955, in a friendly against France.

    Personal life

    He is Jewish. In 2009, Razinsky attended the 2009 Maccabiah Games to watch his grandson participate in the under-18 football competition. Razinsky's visit was marred by a brawl between the Russian and Argentine sides and both squads were told not to return for the 2013 Maccabiah Games.

    References

    Boris Razinsky Wikipedia