Anatoli Zinchenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Anatoli Zinchenko

Russian footballer

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1949

Place of Birth: Novokuznetsk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Anatoli Alekseyevich Zinchenko (Russian: ???????? ?????????? ????????) (born 8 August 1949 in Stalinsk) is a retired Soviet football player and Russian coach.
He is best known for being the first Soviet football player to play for a Western European professional club.
His transfer to SK Rapid Wien was initiated by Austrian communist journalist Kurt Chastka.
Because Soviet footballers were officially amateurs, he was formally employed as an equipment technician at the Soviet embassy while playing for Rapid, while his Rapid salary was sent over to the Soviet government.