Mikhail Ogonkov

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Soviet Union
Men's Football
Gold	1956 Melbourne	Team Competition

Mikhail Ogonkov

Personal information
Full name	Mikhail Pavlovich Ogonkov
Date of birth	June 24, 1932(1932-06-24)
Place of birth	Moscow, USSR
Date of death	August 14, 1979(1979-08-14) (aged 47)
Place of death	Moscow, USSR
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Krasny Proletariy Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1953-1958	FC Spartak Moscow
1961	FC Spartak Moscow
National team
1955-1958	USSR	23	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Mikhail Pavlovich Ogonkov (Russian: Михаил Павлович Огоньков; 24 June 1932 in Moscow - 14 August 1979, Moscow) was a Russian footballer of the 1950s and 1960s^[1]. He played as a left-back for Spartak Moscow. According to the famous footballer Nikita Simonyan Mikhail Ogonkov was the best Soviet Full Back of all times ^[2]

Ogonkov was a member of the USSR team that won the 1956 Olympic gold medal. His main attributes were his positioning, exceptional fitness and strong tackling.

In 1958 he was arrested, along with Eduard Streltsov and Boris Tatushin, over an alleged rape. The resulting indefinite ban later reduced to three year ban from football deprived him of playing at his peak. Soon after his return from suspension in 1961 he was badly injured (his kidney was removed) and forced to retire from playing football. He then worked as a children coach in Spartak Moscow^[1].

In 1979 his dead body was found in his Moscow apartment apparently two weeks after the death. The cause of the death was not properly investigated although murder was rumored^[1].

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Gennady Larchikov Artist on the Field and in Life, Sovetsky Sport N109, 2002 [1](Russian)
2. ^ Spartak's Hall of Fame (Russian)

Persondata
Name	Ogonkov, Mikhail
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	24 June 1932
Place of birth	Moscow, USSR
Date of death	14 August 1979
Place of death	Moscow, USSR