Name: Eduard Teodorovych Kozynkevych



Country: Soviet Union | Ukraine
Club: FC Shakhtar Donetsk (1970-1971) | FC Karpaty Lviv (1972-1974)
Position: *WF, CF
Side: LF/BS (mostly left)
Age: 21-23 years (23/05/1949)

Height: 182 cm
Weight: 76 kg

Attack: 78
Defence: 38
Balance: 84
Stamina: 80
Top Speed: 82
Acceleration: 84
Response: 75
Agility: 77
Dribble Accuracy: 81
Dribble Speed: 80
Short Pass Accuracy:75
Short Pass Speed: 75
Long Pass Accuracy: 76
Long Pass Speed: 78
Shot Accuracy: 77
Shot Power: 83
Shot Technique: 77
Free Kick Accuracy: 64
Curling: 72
Header: 74
Jump: 79
Technique: 80
Aggression: 81
Mentality: 73
Goalkeeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 70

Injury Tolerance: A
Condition/Fitness: 6
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 5
Growth type: Early/Lasting

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Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack-Minded


INFO:
Technical, fast, effective striker. Physically strong, with an explosive jerk, he was good at dribbling, had a strong and accurate shot from his left foot. He was included in the list of 33 best football players of the USSR (1970, 1971) and the URSR (1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976).

On June 2, 1971, he made his debut in the USSR Olympic team in a match against Holland (4:0), in this match Kozynkevych scored 2 goals. As part of the Olympic team, he played 4 matches in total and scored 3 goals. He made his debut in the USSR national team on April 19, 1972 in a match against Peru (2:0). Kozynkevych got into the final squad of the 1972 European Championship in Belgium, where he took part in the final match of the tournament against the German national team, Kozynkevych came out in the 63rd minute instead of Anatoly Banishevsky. In total, he played 6 matches for the USSR national team and scored 1 goal.

For Kozynkevych, 1972 was the brightest of his career. He didn't play so hard before or after…