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Gallery
Career & Clubs
- Club
- PFC CSKA Moscow (1959–1972)
- Club
- Soviet Union national association football team (1961–1971)
- National team
- Soviet Union
Trophies & Awards
- Award
- Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
Personal
Shesternyov was married to the Soviet figure skater Tatyana Zhuk. This marriage lasted until 1973. He married again in 1974. Due to depression and alcohol abuse, he died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1994, at the age of 53.
Legacy
CSKA Moscow USSR Championship: 1970 Soviet Union UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1964 Individual The best 33 football players of the Soviet Union (11): No. 1 (1963-1966, 1968-1971), No. 2 (1961, 1962), N/A (1967) UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 1968 FUWO European Team of the Season: 1968, 1969, 1970 Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1970; Third Place: 1966, 1968, 1969. Sport Ideal European XI: 1971
Clubs
- PFC CSKA Moscow1959–1972
- Soviet Union national association football team1961–1971
Played together with
Aaron Samuel OlanarePFC CSKA Moscow · 2016
Abbosbek FayzullaevPFC CSKA Moscow · 2023–2025
Abel HernándezPFC CSKA Moscow · 2018–2019
Ahmed MusaPFC CSKA Moscow · 2012–2016- Ahmed MusaPFC CSKA Moscow · 2018–2018
Alan DzagoevPFC CSKA Moscow · 2008–2022
Aleksandr GolovinPFC CSKA Moscow · 2014–2018
Aleksandrs CauņaPFC CSKA Moscow · 2011–2011- Aleksandrs CauņaPFC CSKA Moscow · 2011–2017
Aleksei BerezutskiPFC CSKA Moscow · 2001
Alexander GeynrikhPFC CSKA Moscow · 2003–2004- Alexander GeynrikhPFC CSKA Moscow · 2003–2003
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Albert Alekseyevich Shesternyov was a football player for CSKA Moscow and the Soviet Union. He is generally regarded as the best football defender in Soviet football history.
Opinions of fans — not verified facts.
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