Cherenkov, Fedor Fedorovich

Fyodor Cherenkov began playing football in the team of the regional housing office , where he lived, participating in the Leather Ball tournament ^[2] . He played in the championship of the city of Moscow in futsal, playing for secondary school No. 811. At one of the games, he, along with two other players, was noticed by the breeders of the Kuntsevo sports club, who invited them to their place. In “Kuntsevo” Cherenkov spent two years studying with coach Mikhail Ivanovich Mukhortov ^[2] .

At the age of 12, he starred in an episode of the children's film “ Not a Word About Football ”, where he scored a goal with “scissors”.

In 1971, Mukhortov sent Fedor to the football school of Moscow “Spartak” , to coach Anatoly Maslenkin ^[2] . In Spartak "Spartak" Cherenkov spent six years, speaking under the leadership of Maslyonkin, and then Vladimir Ignatovich Chernyshev.

In 1977, Cherenkov graduated from the Sports School (later named after him) ^[3] , team leader Nikolai Petrovich Starostin came to his final games, who invited the player to take the “red-white” double.

In “Spartak” Cherenkov took Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov , who in the late 1970s was engaged in updating the composition of the team. From the first matches, Cherenkov established himself as a bright and outstanding footballer, with excellent technique and a vision of the field. Fedor quickly became one of the leading players in Spartak, and after leaving the team, Yuri Gavrilov took over from him the role of the key organizer of the team’s game. On the field, Cherenkov was distinguished by a rare combinative instinct, accurate and timely pass, non-standard actions in the attack. The game of Cherenkov brought him recognition and love of fans.

Becoming the best football player in the country, Fyodor Cherenkov, however, was not always involved in the main team of the country . Valery Lobanovsky , who was the head coach of the USSR national team in 1986-1990, often built the backbone of the national team of Dynamo Kyiv players , in which the Spartak player, according to Lobanovsky, did not always fit in ^[4] .

He graduated from Moscow State Mining University , the theme of the diploma is “Resin-injection hardening of rocks” ^[5] .

In 1990, he went to play Red Star for six months (Paris, France). However, the team did not take root and already in the spring of 1991 again played for Spartak. The last match was played at the age of 34 years 105 days - November 7, 1993 against Rostselmash (3-0 at home).

On August 23, 1994, in Moscow, at the Dynamo stadium, a farewell match was organized for Cherenkov, where Parma was the rival. The MMM company acted as the general sponsor of the farewell match, presenting the red-and-white Mitsubishi Pajero SUV to Cherenkov during the break of the match ^[6] .

Since 1994, she has been coaching at Spartak. In recent years, he departed from coaching and performed in separate veteran teams.

One of the few players respected by fans of other clubs, including fans of eternal rivals: CSKA , Dynamo (Moscow) and Dynamo (Kiev) ^[7] .

Illness

Since the spring of 1984, Cherenkov was diagnosed with a mental disorder , which has since worsened in the spring and autumn, especially in the even years when Cherenkov was forced to go to treatment. According to the recollections of the USSR national team goalkeeper Vyacheslav Chanov , the first attack of the persecution mania by Fedor occurred in March 1984 in Tbilisi before the match with Anderlecht ^[8] . Due to periodic outbreaks of the disease, Cherenkov had vivid seasons for odd years - 1983, 1987, 1989 - and he did not make it to any World or European Championships.

In the early 2000s, Cherenkov twice tried to commit suicide by taking a large dose of a sedative as a result of depression . Doctors suggested that this is a consequence of frequent head injuries sustained while playing football. For a number of years, it was periodically treated stationary in specialized medical institutions ^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]} .

Death

September 22, 2014 Cherenkov lost consciousness at his entrance to the street Samora Mashela , 4, bldg. 3. By ambulance he was taken to the nearest hospital. Doctors diagnosed Cherenkov with hypotension of unknown origin. Death was ascertained at 7:48 a.m. on October 4, 2014 ^[14] , its alleged cause is a brain tumor ^{[15] [16]} .

The civil funeral service, held on October 7 in the arena in Sokolniki, was visited by about 13.5 thousand people ^[17] . He was buried at the Troekurovsky cemetery . On October 12, 2015, a monument was solemnly erected near the Otkrytie Arena stadium. The southern tribune now bears the name of Fedor Cherenkov.

In popular culture

He starred in the feature film “ Not a Word About Football ”, as well as the television series “ Voronin ” (107 series - “A Trip to Spartak”) and “ Happy Together) ” (181 series) ^[18] .

• USSR Championship : 366 matches, 89 goals.
• Russian Championship : 32 matches, 6 goals.
  • In total - 398 matches, 95 goals.
• USSR national team : 34 games, 12 goals. For the Olympic team of the USSR he played 10 matches, scored 6 goals. Also, for the national team of the USSR, he played in 1 unofficial match.
• In total, during his career he spent 542 matches, scored 138 goals, made 136 assists.

Club

Team

• Champion of the USSR : 1979 , 1987 , 1989
• Olympic bronze medalist: 1980
• USSR Football Federation Cup Winner: 1987
• Champion of Russia : 1993
• Russian Cup Winner: 1994
• Commonwealth Champions Cup Winner: 1993 (2 games, 1 goal)
• Champion of the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR 1979 in the Moscow team

Personal

• Prize to the " Best Footballer of the USSR " (according to the results of the survey of the weekly journal "Football"): 1983, 1989
• Loyalty to the Club Prize: 1989
• Prize to the "Organizer of the attack": 1988, 1989
• Member of the scorers club Grigory Fedotov (141 goals)
• Club member of 100 Russian scorers (141 goals)
• Record holder in the number of games for Moscow Spartak - 515, including 398 games in the USSR / Russia championship
• The lists of 33 best football players of the USSR are 9 times, of which No. 1 (1983, 1985, 1987 and 1989) - 4 times, No. 2 (1980, 1982 and 1988), No. 3 (1981 and 1984).

State Awards

• Order of the Badge of Honor (1985)
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (August 23, 1994) - for outstanding sports achievements, a great contribution to the development of national football ^[19]
• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (April 19, 1995) for his great personal contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, the revival and formation of the sports society “Spartak” ^[20]
• Order of Honor (September 4, 1997) - for services to the state, a great contribution to the development of physical culture and sports and in connection with the 100th anniversary of national football ^[21]

Departmental and public awards

• Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1989)
• RFU Award “Legend of Football” (2009) ^[22]

He was married twice. The first wife - Olga, daughter - Anastasia (born in 1980), granddaughters - Alina, Alexandra. The second wife, Irina, is the adopted son of Denis.

Since 1999, in the city of Efremov, Tula Region, at the Khimik stadium, a football tournament has been held by Fyodor Cherenkov, who came to this tournament as an honored guest. The tournament usually began with granting the right of first hit on the ball to Fedor Cherenkov (in 2009, in honor of the tenth anniversary of the tournament, this right was granted to the governor of the Tula region Vyacheslav Dudka and Fedor Cherenkov together) ^[23] . Typically, the tournament involves teams “ Spartak ” (Moscow), “ Fakel ” (Voronezh), “ Arsenal ” (Tula), “ Chemist ” (Novomoskovsk) and the home team Efremovsky “Sword” ^[24] .

• Profile on the official website of FC Spartak (Moscow)
• Statistics of games in Eurocups
• Page of Fyodor Cherenkov on the anniversary site of the Spartak Society
•   Golden pedestal. Fedor Cherenkov
• Fyodor Cherenkov’s page on the People portal
• Cherenkov in the cinema
• Profile on the Russian Football Team website