Yevhen Rudakov
Yevgeny Rudakov Vasilyevich (Russian: Евгений Васильевич Рудаков, scientific transliteration Evgenij Vasil'evič Rudakov, born January 2, 1942 in Moscow, † December 21, 2011 in Kiev, Ukraine) was a Soviet football player as goalkeeper of Dynamo Kiev in 1975 won the European Cup Winners' Cup.
Career
1958-1979: association
About the Stations Torpedo Moscow ( 1958-60 ) and Sudrostroitel Nikolayev ( 1960-62 ), the young goalkeeper Evgeni Rudakov arrived in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev in 1963. With Dynamo Kiev he won seven times ( 1966-1977 ), the Soviet championship and the Cup he celebrated with the blue-white three times (1966, 1974, 1978) the Cup win. As a coach Valeri Lobanovsky 1973 his activity in Kiev resumed and the young star striker Oleh Blokhin ( born 1952) in the international power peak pushed forward, Kiev reached with goalkeeper Rudakov countable successes in European competition. In the season 1974/75 the Ukrainians Eintracht Frankfurt, Bursaspor and PSV Eindhoven came over army club Sofia, in the final on 14 May 1975 in Basel against Ferencvaros Budapest. Rudakov conceded no goals and Kiev won by a 3-0 the European Cup Winners' Cup. In the 1976/77 season Rudakov failed with his team in the semifinals only to Borussia Mönchengladbach in the European Cup of Champions. On 6 April 1977 in the first leg in Kiev Jupp Heynckes, Allan Simonsen and Herbert Wimmer could not overcome the 1-0 success of Dynamo goalkeeper Rudakov. In the return game, but put Gladbach in Dusseldorf 2-0 gates by and attracted to the Finals in 1977. After the 1978/79 season, the 37 -year-old ended his playing career.
1968-1976: National
On March 7, 1968 Rudakov debuted in goal for the Soviet national football team during the game against Mexico in Léon (1:1). His most successful year in the " Sbornaja " had the goalkeeper in 1972. First he celebrated in qualifying for the European Championship to move into the quarter-final against Yugoslavia. In both games, they ended 0-0 in Belgrade and 3-0 in Moscow, he did not concede. In the finals in Belgium was established on 14 June, a 1-0 win against Hungary, which makes the finals, where he could hold a penalty in 83 minutes. But the skill of Rudakov was not enough against the three goals in the final against the team of coach Helmut Schoen. Twice Gerd Müller and once Herbert Wimmer finished the gegentorlose phase of the Keepers " Sbornaja " and the Soviet Union had to deal with the Vice European Championship 1972 content. In September 1972, Rudakov took part in the Munich Olympics and won the bronze medal with his team. In the second round they failed to Poland that could decide the final as well.
In the qualifying matches for the Football World Cup 1974 in Germany Rudakov came in 1973 in the European Group 9 against France and Ireland in the two games against the Equipe Tricolore used. Competitor in the gate was Vladimir Pilgui Dynamo Moscow. The first leg ended in France after a hit by Georges Bereta with a 0-1 defeat, but by the 2-0 home win in the return leg on May 26, and 1973 which, inter alia, Marius Tresor, Henri Michel and Herve Revelli be incurred France, qualified Rudakov and his teammates so for the playoffs against the winner of the South American group 12, Chile. The first leg ended with Rudakov goal on 26 September 1973 in Moscow 0-0. To return match on November 21, the Soviet Union came after the military coup against President Allende at the National Stadium in Santiago de Chile not to, because the stadium had been abused by the military as a prisoner of war camp in the weeks and days before. FIFA awarded the match 2-0 to Chile and Rudakov and his teammates thus arrived at the " Green Table " to participate in the 1974 World Cup in Germany. His last game in the national team played the keeper of Dynamo Kiev on May 22, 1976 in Kiev against Czechoslovakia at the quarter -final second leg in qualifying for the European Championship 1976. After 47 internationals, the 34 -year-old ended his career in the national team.
Most recently, he worked in the football school Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Kiev.
Title
- Soviet masters (3): 1974, 1975, 1977
- Soviet Cup winner: 1974
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1975
- Olympics: Bronze medal 1972