| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anatoli Yevgenyevich Kozhemyakin | ||
| Date of birth | February 24, 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Moscow, Russian SFSR | ||
| Date of death | October 13, 1974 (aged 21) | ||
| Place of death | Moscow, Russian SFSR | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Lokomotiv Moscow | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1969 | FC Lokomotiv Moscow | 0 | (0) |
| 1970-1974 | FC Dynamo Moscow | 62 | (24) |
| National team | |||
| 1972-1973 | USSR | 3 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Anatoli Yevgenyevich Kozhemyakin (Russian: 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.[1]
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.