Mikhail Yeryomin

Mikhail Yeryomin
Personal information
Full name Mikhail Vasilyevich Yeryomin
Date of birth (1968-07-17)17 July 1968
Place of birth Zelenograd, USSR
Date of death 30 July 1991(1991-07-30) (aged 23)
Place of death Zelenograd, USSR
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 12 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
CSKA Moscow
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1988 CSKA-2 Moscow 14 (0)
1988–1989 Spartak Moscow 0 (0)
1989–1991 CSKA Moscow 52 (0)
National team
1990 USSR 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mikhail Vasilyevich Yeryomin (Russian: Михаил Васильевич Ерёмин; 17 June 1968 – 30 June 1991) was a Soviet football goalkeeper.

Career

Mikhail Yeryomin started playing for CSKA Moscow in 1986. With this club he won USSR Football Championship in 1991 and USSR Cup the same year.

He played one match for USSR national team on 29 August 1990 in a friendly against Romania.

Death

Late night on 23 June 1991, on the way home from USSR Cup Final won by his team, Yeryomin lost control of his vehicle due to a damaged tyre and crashed into a bus. He died from injuries in hospital on 30 June 1991.

In his memory CSKA established prize for The Best Young Goalkeeper of Top League. This prize was received amongst others by Dmitri Kharine and Sergei Ovchinnikov.

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