Anatoliy Banishevskiy
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Anatoliy Andreyevich Banishevskiy | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Baku, USSR | ||
| Date of death | 10 December 1997 (aged 51) | ||
| Place of death | Baku, Azerbaijan | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Neftyanik Baku | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1978 | Neftyanik Baku | 288 | (136) |
| National team | |||
| 1965–1972 | USSR | 50 | (19) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1981–1983 | Neftchi Baku | ||
| 1984–1987 | Automobilist Mingachevir | ||
| 1987–1988 | Burkina Faso (youth) | ||
| 1988 | Kapaz | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Anatoliy Andreyevich Banishevskiy (Azerbaijani: Anatoli Andreyeviç Banişevski; Russian: Анатолий Андреевич Банишевский; 23 February 1946, in Baku – 10 December 1997, in Baku) was a Soviet footballer of Russian descent from Azerbaijan. Throughout most of his playing and coaching career, Banishevskiy was committed to his originally domestic club, Neftchi Baku. He is widely considered the greatest Azerbaijani footballer of all time. He played for the USSR national football team, winning 51 caps and scoring 19 goals. Banishevskiy played for the Soviet side in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. His club team was PFC Neftchi, and he scored 136 goals in Soviet Top League competition. The striker was unofficially named Azerbaijan's Player of the Year three times-in 1966, 1967, and 1978.
In November 2003, as part of the celebration of UEFA's Jubilee, he was selected as the Golden Player for Azerbaijan by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan as the country's most outstanding player over the past 50 years.
Banishevskiy started playing football at the age of 16 and played all of his career for PFC Neftchi Baku, transforming into one of the best Azerbaijani players.
Upon making the club roster, Banishevskiy immediately transformed into one of the electrifying young superstars of his generation, capturing the nation with his vision, speed and the finishing touch. Banishevskiy maintained his status of a premier Azerbaijani player, and remained very influential football figure throughout his entire football profession and beyond.
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