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.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Zoltan Zoltanovich Miles | ||
Date of birth | (1944-03-18)18 March 1944 | ||
Place of birth | Mukacheve, Hungary, now Ukraine | ||
Date of death | 30 August 1997(1997-08-30) (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 |