Yevhen Rudakov

Yevgeniy Rudakov

Yevhen Rudakov in 1975
Personal information
Full name	Yevgeniy Vasilievich Rudakov
Date of birth	(1942-01-02)2 January 1942
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Date of death	21 December 2011(2011-12-21) (aged 69)
Place of death	Kiev, Ukraine
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1957–1959	Torpedo Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960	Torpedo Moscow
1961–1962	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
1962–1977	Dynamo Kyiv	297	(−205)
National team
1968–1976	USSR	42	(−29)
1972	USSR Olympic	6	(−6)
Teams managed
1979	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
1980–1990	Zmina Kyiv (youth club)
1994	Kremin Kremenchuk
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Olympic medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men’s Football
	1972 Munich	Team competition

Yevgeniy Vasilievich Rudakov (Ukrainian: Євген Васильович Рудаков; Russian: Евгений Васильевич Рудаков; 2 January 1942 – 21 December 2011) was a Soviet footballer of Russian origin. In 1971 he was recognized as the Best Ukrainian Player of the Year becoming the first foreigner to be awarded such honors.

A six-time domestic champion of the USSR, Rudakov also helped Dynamo win the USSR Cup twice, the Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. He also represented the USSR national football team and helped them reach the Euro 1972 finals. After the UEFA Euro 1972 along with his teammates by Soviet Union national football team — Revaz Dzodzuashvili and Murtaz Khurtsilava — he was included in the team of the tournament, where also were presented such great players like Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness and Günter Netzer. In 1971 Rudakov was also chosen the Soviet Footballer of the Year and the best goalkeeper of the USSR in 1969, 1971, and 1972.

At the Olympic Games 1972 he earned four wins and two shutouts. He also won 21 games with the regular senior squad and finished 22 games without allowing any goals. His career goals against average was at 0.69.