Mikhail Pavlovich Ogonkov (russian: Михаил Павлович Огоньков; 24 June 1932 in

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– 14 August 1979, Moscow) was a Russian

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of the 1950s and 1960s.Gennady Larchikov ''Artist on the Field and in Life'',

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N109, 2002 He played as a left-back for

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. According to the footballer

Nikita Simonyan Nikita Pavlovich Simonyan ( hy, Նիկիտա Մկրտիչ Սիմոնյան, born ''Mkrtych Pogosovich Simonyan'', 12 October 1926) is a former Soviet football striker and coach of Armenian descent. He was born in Armavir. As of 2021 he was ...

''Mikhail Ogonkov was the best Soviet Full Back of all times'' Ogonkov was a member of the USSR team that won the 1956 Olympic gold medal. His main attributes were his positioning, exceptional fitness and strong tackling. In 1958 he was arrested, along with

Eduard Streltsov Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov ( rus, Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Стрельцо́в, p=ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲitɕ strʲɪlʲˈtsof, a=Ru-Eduard Streltsov-yzavyalo.ogg; 21 July 1937 – 22 July 1990) was a Soviet footballer ...

and

Boris Tatushin Boris Georgiyevich Tatushin (russian: Борис Георгиевич Татушин) (31 March 1933 in Moscow; – 15 January 1998 in Moscow) was a Soviet football player and manager. Honours * Olympic champion: 1956. * Soviet Top Leagu ...

, over an alleged rape. The resulting indefinite ban later reduced to three-year ban from football deprived him of playing at his peak. Soon after his return from suspension in 1961 he was badly injured (his

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was removed) and forced to retire from playing football. He then worked as a children coach in Spartak Moscow. In 1979 his dead body was found in his Moscow apartment apparently two weeks after the death. The cause of the death was not properly investigated although murder was rumored.

References

1932 births 1979 deaths FC Spartak Moscow players Russian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers Olympic footballers for the Soviet Union Footballers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Men's association football defenders {{USSR-footy-bio-stub