Zoltan Miles
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Zoltan Zoltanovich Miles | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Mukacheve, Hungary, now Ukraine | ||
| Date of death | 30 August 1997 (aged 53) | ||
| Place of death | Moscow, Russia | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961 | FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 2 | (0) |
| 1962 | FC Avanhard Ternopil | 1 | (0) |
| 1963 | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 0 | (0) |
| 1964–1966 | LVVPU Soviet Army and Navy | (0) | |
| 1966–1968 | FC Chayka-VMS Sevastopol | (0) | |
| 1968–1969 | FC Lokomotiv Kherson | 58 | (0) |
| 1969–1976 | FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 222 | (0) |
| 1977 | FC Zimbru Chișinău | 34 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Zoltan Zoltanovich Miles (Russian: Золтан Золтанович Милес; 1944 — 1997) was a Soviet footballer of Hungarian origin who played as a goalkeeper. He had 64 top-flight appearances with FC Lokomotiv Moscow captaining the team for years, having gained fame as a penalty killer during his spell in Moscow[1] and also kept 89 clean sheets, a club record later beaten by Sergei Ovchinnikov.[2] Zoltan had a younger brother, Vasily (born 1946), who enjoyed a lengthy career as a striker and earned 8 top-flight appearances at FC Shakhtar Donetsk.
References[edit]
- ^ "Король по отражению пенальти (памяти Золтана Милеса)". fclmnews.ru. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
- ^ "ЛокоРекорды: Топ вратарей клуба по числу сухих матчей". Sports.ru. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
External links[edit]
- Zoltan Miles at FootballFacts.ru (in Russian)
- Captains | FC Lokomotiv
Categories:
- 1944 births
- 1997 deaths
- Sportspeople from Mukachevo
- Soviet men's footballers
- FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk players
- FC Avanhard Ternopil players
- FC Dynamo Kyiv players
- FC Chayka-VMS Sevastopol players
- FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
- FC Zimbru Chișinău players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Russian people of Hungarian descent