Role Football player Career start 1942 | Years Team Career end 1960 Name Sergei Salnikov | |
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Full name Sergei Sergeyevich Salnikov Date of birth (1925-09-13)13 September 1925 Date of death 9 May 1984(1984-05-09) (aged 58) Died May 9, 1984, Moscow, Russia Nominations Milliyet Sports Award for World Athlete of the Year | ||
Sergei Sergeyevich Salnikov (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Сальников, 13 September 1925 – 9 May 1984) was a Russian football player and manager. He was part of the Soviet team that won the gold medal at the 1956 Olympics, where Salnikov scored two goals in the quarterfinal match against Indonesia. He is the grandfather of the Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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International career
Salnikov made his debut for USSR on 8 September 1954 in a friendly against Sweden. He played at the 1956 Summer Olympics as well as the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
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