Eduard Streltsov
Soviet footballer (1937-1990) · Footballers · Died at 53
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Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov was a Soviet footballer who played as a forward for Torpedo Moscow and the Soviet national team during the 1950s and 1960s.
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![Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1961. According to Gavriil Kachalin, who managed the national football team, Khrushchev was personally involved in the Streltsov rape case.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Nikita_Khrusjtsjov.jpg/500px-Nikita_Khrusjtsjov.jpg)
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1961. According to Gavriil Kachalin, who managed the national football team, Khrushchev was personally involved in the Streltsov rape case.[1]
First Secretary Leonid Brezhnev (pictured in 1967) helped Streltsov to return to professional football.
Eduard Streltsov Stadium in 2007
A commemorative two-ruble coin bearing Streltsov's likeness was issued in 2010.
Streltsov on a 2016 Russian stamp from the series "Football Legends"Teams 3
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About this person
Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov was a Soviet footballer who played as a forward for Torpedo Moscow and the Soviet national team during the 1950s and 1960s. A powerful and skilful attacking player, he scored the fourth-highest number of goals for the Soviet Union and has been called "the greatest outfield player Russia has ever produced". He is sometimes dubbed "the Russian Pelé".
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