Anatoli Kozhemyakin

Football player infobox2
playername = Anatoli Kozhemyakin
fullname = Anatoli Yevgenyevich Kozhemyakin
height =
dateofbirth = Birth date|1953|2|24
cityofbirth = Moscow
countryofbirth = Russian SFSR
dateofdeath = Death date and age|1974|10|13|1953|2|24
cityofdeath = Moscow
countryofdeath = Russian SFSR
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs = FC Lokomotiv Moscow
years = 1970-1974
clubs = FC Dynamo Moscow
caps(goals) = 85 (32)
nationalyears = 1972-1973
nationalteam = USSR
nationalcaps(goals) = 3 (0)

Anatoli Yevgenyevich Kozhemyakin ( _ru. Анатолий Евгеньевич Кожемякин) (born February 24, 1953 in Moscow; died October 13, 1974 in Moscow) was a Soviet football player. He died in a freak accident: he was stuck in an elevator, but was able to open the elevator doors, as he tried to climb out, the elevator started moving again and crushed him to death.Fact|date=July 2008

Honours

* Soviet Top League bronze: 1973.
* Soviet Top League second-best scorer: 1973.
* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup finalist: 1972.
* Top 33 players year-end list: 1973.

International career

Kozhemyakin made his debut for USSR on March 29, 1972 (aged 19) in a friendly against Bulgaria. He played in a 1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Chile less than a month before his death. USSR team did not go to the return game against Chile in protest against the Augusto Pinochet regime.

References

* [http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/kozhemyakin.html Profile]