Rinat Dassayev - USSR
Rinat Dassayev was a fantastic goalkeeper, his calmness under pressure and safe handling provides confidence to his defense. He has a knack of always being in the correct place at the right occasion. He was one of the most reliable goalkeepers around the globe, during 1986; he was seen as being one of the globes finest goalkeeper’s. Dassayev began his career starring for his local side, Volga Astrakhan in the second division. He starred as a striker and then chose to become a goalkeeper, because the frequent goalkeeper of that said was regularly injured. He then went onto become the goalkeeper of Spartak Moscow, one of the greatest Russian football clubs. He made his international debut in 1979 a match which the USSR defeated East Germany 1- 0.
Dassayev went on to star for USSR in the Olympics in 1980, where the Soviet team finished third place. However his reputation was really improved during both the 1982 and 1986 world cup finals. In the World cup, he has featured a total of eight games and has only allowed in nine goals that is only just over one goal per game, which is a highly impressive record. He made some great goalkeeping displays in the 1986 world cup in their matches against Canada and France. After the 1986 World cup, he was still in fantastic form for the Soviet Union and for his domestic side, Spartak Moscow. During Euro 88, Dassayev was brilliant for the Soviets, making some stunning saves, and despite the Soviets being defeated 2- 0 in the final to the Dutch, he made a string of excellent saves and stopped Gullit and Van Basten from scoring more goals.
Dassayev also featured in the 1990 world cup finals in Italy; he skippered USSR in their opening match against Romania.

Viktor Ponedelnik – Soviet Union

Viktor Ponedelnik is widely thought of by many as one of the finest forwards to have ever been produced from the Soviet Union. He scored the crucial goal in the 1960 European Championship final against Yugoslavia during the extra period. He commenced his football career playing for his local side, Rostselmash in 1956. He played on 29 occasions for his country and scored an impressive 20 goals. Viktor Ponedelnik retired from soccer in 1966; this was after undergoing surgery for appendicitis.

Lev Yashin – Soviet Union

Lev Yashin started in goal for the Soviets on an incredible 78 occasions and won the 1956 Olympics with them and the 1960 European football Championships. He was seen by many to be the finest goalkeeper around the globe at the time of the 1960 European Championships. He also played in 3 world cups for USSR including the 1958, 1962 and 1966 finals. In 1963 he won the accolade of European Football player of the year award. During his 78 games in goal for the Soviets he only allowed in 70 goals, which averages below one goal a match. Between the years 1949- 1971 he kept goal for Dynamo Moscow. To this date he is considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time.