Igor Netto

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Gold 1956 Melbourne Team

Igor Aleksandrovich Netto (Russian: Игорь Александрович Нетто) (9 January 1930 - 30 March 1999) was a footballer from the Soviet Union.

Europe Cup came to Moscow, 1960. Lev Yashin (on the left) and Igor Netto on the right
Europe Cup came to Moscow, 1960. Lev Yashin (on the left) and Igor Netto on the right

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, 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.


Flag of Soviet Union USSR squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup Flag of Soviet Union

1 Yashin | 2 Kesarev | 3 Kriglevski | 4 Kuznetsov | 5 Voinov | 6 Netto | 7 Apukhtin | 8 V. Ivanov | 9 Simonyan | 10 Salnikov | 11 Ilyin | 12 Maslachenko | 13 Belyaev | 14 Ostrovskiy | 15 Maslyonkin | 16 Tsarev | 17 A. Ivanov | 18 Bubukin | 19 Gusarov | 20 Falin | 21 Fiedosov | 22 Yerokhin | Coach: Kachalin

Flag of Soviet Union USSR squad - 1962 FIFA World Cup Flag of Soviet Union

1 Yashin | 2 Maslachenko | 3 Kotrikadze | 4 Dubinski | 5 Chokheli | 6 Ostrovskiy | 7 Maslyonkin | 8 Shesternyov | 9 Manoshin | 10 Netto | 11 Sabo | 12 Voronin | 13 Gusarov | 14 Ivanov | 15 Kanevski | 16 Mamykin | 17 Meskhi | 18 Metreveli | 19 Ponedelnik | 20 Serebryanikov | 21 Khusainov | 22 Chislenko | Coach: Kachalin

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