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Ihor Zaytsev (footballer)

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Full name
  
Ihor Ivanovych Zaytsev

Name
  
Ihor Zaytsev

Playing position
  
Striker

Height
  
1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)


Date of birth
  
(1934-04-21) 21 April 1934 (age 81)

1952–1953
  
FC Krylya Sovietov Stupino

Place of birth
  
Moscow, Russian SFSR

Ihor Ivanovych Zaytsev (Ukrainian: Ігор Іванович Зайцев; Russian: Игорь Иванович Зайцев; 21 April 1934 – 27 January 2016) was a football striker.

Zaytsev spent his career as player for a number of different Soviet football clubs. After his retirement from football at age 30, Zaytsev worked as a hairdresser. In 2015, he lived in Kyiv. He died in 2016, aged 81.

Awards and honours

Awards
  • USSR Premier League runner-up: 1959
  • USSR Cup: 1957
  • References

    Ihor Zaytsev (footballer) Wikipedia