Fedor Cherenkov

The game of the Soviet footballer Fyodor Cherenkov was called art in its purest form. Fans went to Spartak's matches like in a movie, because Fedya promised a real show. The virtuoso player has become a football legend and an example of a professional attitude towards this sport.

The footballer was born and raised in the Russian capital. Parents had nothing to do with the world of sports, my mother worked in the district housing office, and my father worked at an aircraft plant. In the family, besides Fedya, another son was growing up.

In an interview, Fyodor Cherenkov said that he became interested in football in early childhood. The boy was three years old when, together with the children of his native Kuntsevo yard, he began to kick the ball. Later in Fedya's life, basketball, ping-pong, and a scattering of hobby groups flashed across the board. But all this passed by, leaving no trace in the soul. But football became a passion: if a boy went for a walk outside, then there was no question of where to look for him.

As a preschooler, Fedya became a regular at matches. My father took him to games with him, with whom he began to root for Moscow Spartak. From the age of seven, Cherenkov played for the football team of the district housing office. He noted in an interview with reporters:

He played, of course, already excellent, because once he was noticed by representatives of the Kuntsevo club and invited to join their ranks. Later, the coach sent the talented student to the Spartak football school, where Fyodor Cherenkov matured, gained experience and got a ticket to professional football.

The early biography of the athlete is notable for the fact that Fedya at the age of 12 became the star of Soviet screens. The teenager played in an episode of the children's comedy "Not a word about football", where he scored a goal with scissors. Even adult footballers rarely manage to do this trick.

Fyodor combined classes at a sports school with studies at a mining institute. The choice of the university was not accidental, the teachers in it turned a blind eye to the absenteeism of a promising football player.

In 1977, Fedor Cherenkov graduated from a sports school. The guest of the final games was Nikolai Starostin, the head of Spartak. It was he who invited the young footballer to the brace of the red-white club. A childhood dream came true.

When the young man turned 19, he was noticed by the coach Konstantin Beskov, who had just come to Spartak and was looking for new strength for the team. Fedor got into the main team and until the end of his life remained grateful to Beskov for believing in the newcomer.

Cherenkov met the coach's hopes, shining with talents from the very first games. The athlete possessed excellent technique, felt the field, built combinations well and gave passes accurately. His attack was notable for unpredictability due to non-standard actions.

All this helped Fedor quickly become one of the leaders of Spartak and a hero for the fans. It is noteworthy that fans of other clubs were imbued with respect for the football player. The fans of CSKA, Moscow and Kiev Dynamo bowed before the talent of a player from the ranks of the irreconcilable "enemy" of "Spartak".

In the 80s, Fyodor Cherenkov was already a living football legend, who was subject to such tricks with the ball that no one could repeat. With the help of an athlete, the club won a scattering of trophies. Spartak won the title of champion of the Country of Soviets three times, and at the height of perestroika became the champion of the country. The footballers of the “red-whites” were holding the USSR Cup and the Russian Cup.

Soviet football fans will not forget Spartak's game against London's Arsenal. In 1982, the British were defeated 5-2 in the return leg for the UEFA Cup. Fedor assisted his teammates three times and, finally, scored a goal against the British. The joy of victory was even sweeter from the fact that before that, the Muscovites lost to England in a home match.

It was more difficult with a career in the USSR national team. Cherenkov defended the honor of his native state in just 34 matches, during which he scored 12 goals. For an athlete of this level, the number of games at international venues is too low. The reason that Fedor was rarely taken to national championships lies in his own approach to the game.

The football player's love for improvisation on the field, craving for creativity did not like the head coach of the national team Valery Lobanovsky. In addition, the man preferred to form a team of Dynamo Kiev players.

Most of the international games with Cherenkov's participation remained in the memory of the fans. The meeting with the Brazilians in 1980 was unforgettable. The victory was historic for the Soviet national team, which managed to defeat the world "magicians" of the ball. Football players from the USSR scored two goals, one goal for Brazil was scored by Fedor.

One of the best matches of the national team happened in 1983, when Portugal received a real humiliation from the USSR - 5: 0. Plus, the Soviet team won the bronze medal at the 1980 Olympic Games.

In 1990, Cherenkov appeared in a couple of matches at the qualifying stage of the upcoming World Cup, but did not make it into the final squad. The USSR then lost, the country's leadership showered the coach with questions about why Cherenkov was not on the national team. Lobanovsky resigned from his post, and Fedor moved abroad to look for new happiness.

The footballer was accepted into the ranks of the Parisian team "Red Star". However, he did not stay there, six months later he was again a member of Spartak. The end of the sportsman's playing career was approaching.

Fyodor Cherenkov took off his football boots in the late summer of 1994 and put on his coaching uniform. The athlete was seen off on a grand scale: the government handed the illustrious midfielder the keys to a three-room apartment, the sponsor of the match presented an SUV, and one of the wealthy fans showered the idol with cash rain.

The coaching role was unsuccessful, it turned out to be too soft in character for such work. Taught young athletes for three years with breaks. Native "Spartak" sent the famous player to retire. On a well-deserved rest, Fyodor Fyodorovich occasionally participated in the games of the club's veterans.

Behind Fedor Fedorovich two unsuccessful marriages and two children - his own daughter Anastasia and adopted son Denis. The first wife Olga, after the collapse of the family, tried to protect her daughter from communicating with her father, but Nastya did not listen to her mother and went to visit her father herself.

Warm relations remained until the death of the athlete, Cherenkov even attended the christening of his grandson. He brought up his adopted son Denis as his own, introduced him to the world of football, giving him to the section.

Fyodor Cherenkov in recent years has completely abandoned alcohol, fasted. The only bad habit that I could not cope with was a passion for cigarettes.

Cherenkov did not appear in any of the World and European Championships. The reason is not only in the relationship with the national team coach. Since the early 80s, the footballer suffered from a mental disorder with persecution mania. Attacks sometimes happened before matches. Once a man nearly jumped from the 16th floor of a hotel. Doctors referred to the nature of the activity - football players often get microtraumas of the head.

Since the 90s, Fyodor Fedorovich periodically went to a psychiatric clinic for treatment, and at the beginning of the new millennium he fell into severe depression, twice tried to commit suicide.

In the fall of 2014, the great football player was found unconscious near the entrance of the house. The doctors failed to save the athlete, although they fought for his life for two weeks. Doctors named the probable cause of death - a brain tumor.

The funeral gathered 15 thousand fans, even fans of other clubs came to say goodbye to the football legend. The grave of Fyodor Cherenkov is located at the Troekurovsky cemetery. A year later, the approaches to the Otkrytie Arena stadium were decorated with a monument to the football player.

Three-time champion of the USSR 1980 - bronze medalist of the Olympic Games 1987 - Cup of the USSR Football Federation 1993 - Champion of Russia 1994 - Cup of Russia 1993 - Cup of Commonwealth Champions 1979 - Champion of the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (as part of the Moscow team)

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