Rinat Dasayev

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Playing position Goalkeeper Role Footballer Current team FC Spartak Moscow Name Rinat Dasayev Spouse Maria del Mar (m. 2002)		Years Team Weight 72 kg 1975 Volgar Astrakhan Height 1.86 m Position Goalkeeper

Full name Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasayev Date of birth (1957-06-13) June 13, 1957 (age 58) Place of birth Astrakhan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Children Beatrice Dasayeva, Kristina Dasayeva, Elmira Dasayeva, Salim Dasayev, Miguel Dasayev, Aliya Dasayeva

Rinat dasayev

Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasayev (Russian: Ринат Файзрахманович Дасаев, Tatar: Rinat Fäyzeraxman ulı Dasayev; born 13 June 1957) is a Soviet-Russian football coach and a former goalkeeper, who played in three World Cups with the Soviet national team. He is considered the second best Russian goalkeeper ever behind Lev Yashin, and one of the best in the world in the 1980s. He was awarded the title of the World’s Best Goalkeeper of the Year award in 1988 by the IFFHS. In a 1999 IFFHS poll, he was elected the sixteenth greatest European goalkeeper of the twentieth century, alongside Gianpiero Combi, and the seventeenth greatest goalkeeper of the century. In 2004, he was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers. He currently works as goalkeepers' coach with FC Spartak-2 Moscow.

Dasayev played as a goalkeeper for the Russian football club Spartak Moscow during most of the 1980s. He won the Soviet championship in 1979 and 1987 and was named Best Soviet Goalkeeper by Ogonyok (Огонëк) magazine in 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988. In 1982, he was named Soviet Footballer of the Year. Dasayev played for the Soviet national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal. He appeared in the 1982, 1986 and 1990 FIFA World Cups, as well as the Euro 88, where the Soviet Union reached the final, only to lose out to the Netherlands. In total, he was capped 91 times from 1979 to 1990, being the second-most capped player ever for the Soviet Union. Nicknamed "The Iron Curtain" and "The Cat", in addition to his shot-stopping abilities as a goalkeeper, Dasayev was also known for his trademark sudden long throws, which he would make immediately after stopping a shot, in order to start quick counter-attacks from the back.

After his contract ran out with the Spanish club Sevilla FC in the early 1990s, Dasayev retired from the sport. He was appointed as the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final Ambassador.