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Igor Netto

 
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Igor Netto
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Full name Igor Aleksandrovich Netto
Date of birth 9 January 1930(1930-01-09)
Place of birth    Moscow, USSR
Date of death    30 March 1999 (aged 69)
Place of death    Moscow, Russia
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1949-1966 FC Spartak Moscow 368 (36)   
National team
1952-1965 USSR 54 (4)
Teams managed
1967
1968
1970-1971
1973-1975
1976-1977
1979
AC Omonia
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
Iran
FC Spartak Moscow (assistant)
Panionios F.C.
FC Neftchi Baku

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Men's Football
Gold 1956 Melbourne Team

Igor Aleksandrovich Netto (Russian: Игорь Александрович Нетто) (9 January 1930 – 30 March 1999) was a footballer from the Soviet Union, considered one of the greatest Soviet players ever. He started out as a left defender but, due to his offensive mentality, dribbling and technical abilities moved into midfield.

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Biography

He was the captain of the USSR national football team from 1954 to 1963. He led the country to the gold medal in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and victory at the first ever European Championship in 1960. He missed all but one match in the 1958 FIFA World Cup due to injury, and also played all four matches in the 1962 FIFA World Cup when the Soviet Union reached the quarterfinals. In total he collected 54 international caps and four goals.

During his club career he played for FC Spartak Moscow from 1949 until 1966, scoring 37 goals in 367 league games, winning five Soviet championships and three cups. He retired in 1966 and became an ice hockey coach. He was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1957. The stadium of Spartak Moscow reserves team is named after him. After the end of his career, he became a manager and coached AC Omonia, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, Iran, Panionios and Neftchi Baku.

Honours

National team

Club

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