Sergei Sergeyevich Salnikov was a Soviet footballer who played for Zenit Leningrad, Spartak Moscow and Dynamo Moscow.
11 Facts About Sergei Salnikov
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Sergei Salnikov was part of the Soviet Union national team that won the gold medal at the 1956 Olympics.
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Sergei Salnikov won the Cup with Spartak in 1946 and 1947.
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Sergei Salnikov's stepfather was arrested and sent to a labour camp in 1949.
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Sergei Salnikov joined Dynamo Moscow in 1950 and, although unhappy, was part of the first choice lineup between 1950 and 1954, making 113 appearances and scoring 29 goals.
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Sergei Salnikov was part of the Dynamo team that won the Cup in 1953 and the Soviet Top League in 1954.
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Sergei Salnikov scored a total of 138 goals for club and country, and as of 2019 is ranked 26th in the Grigory Fedotov club, a list of Soviet and Russian players that have scored 100 or more goals.
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Sergei Salnikov made his debut for USSR on 8 September 1954 in a friendly against Sweden.
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Sergei Salnikov was on the USSR team that won the football event at the 1956 Summer Olympics, where he scored two goals in the quarterfinal match against Indonesia, and played at the 1958 World Cup, where his team reached the quarter-finals.
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Sergei Salnikov made 20 appearances in all for his country, scoring 11 goals.
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Sergei Salnikov was the son of a Russian father and a Greek mother.