Boris Davidovich Razinsky (russian: Борис Давидович Разинский; 12 July 1933 — 6 August 2012) was a
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
Russian Olympic champion football player and manager.
Personal life
Razinsky was born in
Lyubertsy
Lyubertsy ( rus, Люберцы, p=ˈlʲʉbʲɪrtsɨ) is a city and the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Demographics
Population:
History
It was first mentioned in 1621 and was granted town status in 192 ...
, Russia, and died in
Moscow
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.
[Boris Razinsky Bio, Stats, and Results , Olympics at Sports-Reference.com]
/ref> He was Jewish.[''Day by Day in Jewish Sports History'' - Bob Wechsler]
/ref> In 2009, Razinsky attended the 2009 Maccabiah Games
The 18th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה-18 ישראל תשס"ט), were held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. These Games were the world's fifth-largest sporting event, behind the Ol ...
to watch his grandson participate in the under-18 football competition. Razinsky's visit was marred by a brawl between the Russian and Argentine sides and both squads were told not to return for the 2013 Maccabiah Games.
Football career
Razinsky played both as a goalkeeper and as a striker (usually keeping one specific position while playing at the same club). He played in goal for the national team as a backup to Lev Yashin
Lev Ivanovich Yashin (russian: Лев Иванович Яшин; 22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990), nicknamed the "Black Spider" or the "Black Panther", was a Soviet professional footballer regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper in the hi ...
.[ His club from 1954 to 1961 was CSKA Moskva, with whom he earned three bronzes at the Soviet championships in 1955, 1956, and 1958, and the Soviet Cup in 1955.]
International career
Razinsky made his debut for USSR
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on October 23, 1955, in a friendly against France
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.
He and the national team won the gold medal at the 1956 Olympics.''Sports around the World: History, Culture, and Practice [4 volumes]: History ...''
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Honours
* Association football at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Olympic champion
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: 1956.
*List of Jews in sports#Football (Association; Soccer), List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players