Place of birth Tashkent, USSR Role Football player Height 1.85 m | Years Team Name Gennadi Krasnitsky | |
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Full name Gennadi Aleksandrovich Krasnitsky Date of birth (1940-08-27)August 27, 1940 Date of death June 12, 1988(1988-06-12) (aged 47) Died June 12, 1988, Qurghonteppa, Tajikistan | ||
Place of death Qurghonteppa, USSR | ||
Gennadi Aleksandrovich Krasnitsky (Russian: Геннадий Александрович Красницкий) (August 27, 1940 in Tashkent – June 12, 1988 in Qurghonteppa, suicide by jumping out of the highrise window) was a Soviet football player.
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Career
He became the first Uzbekistani player scored 100 goals in Soviet Top League to enter the Grigory Fedotov club. The club of top-scoring footballers in Uzbekistan is named after him - Gennadi Krasnitsky club, was founded in 2010.
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International career
Krasnitsky made his debut for USSR on May 21, 1961 in a friendly against Poland.
References
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