Zoltan Miles

Zoltan Zoltanovich Miles (Russian: Золтан Золтанович Милес) was a Soviet footballer of Hungarian origin who played as a goalkeeper. He had 64 top-flight appearances with FC Lokomotiv Moscow captaining the team for years, having gained fame as a penalty killer during his spell in Moscow[1] and also kept 89 clean sheets, a club record later beaten by Sergei Ovchinnikov.[2] Zoltan had a younger brother, Vasily (born 1946), who enjoyed a lengthy career as a striker and earned 8 top-flight appearances at FC Shakhtar Donetsk.

Zoltan Miles
Personal information
Full name Zoltan Zoltanovich Miles
Date of birth (1944-03-18)18 March 1944
Place of birth Mukacheve, Hungary, now Ukraine
Date of death 30 August 1997(1997-08-30) (aged 53)
Place of death Moscow, Russia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961 FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 2 (0)
1962 FC Avanhard Ternopil 1 (0)
1963 FC Dynamo Kyiv 0 (0)
1964–1966 LVVPU Soviet Army and Navy (0)
1966–1968 FC Chayka-VMS Sevastopol (0)
1968–1969 FC Lokomotiv Kherson 58 (0)
1969–1976 FC Lokomotiv Moscow 222 (0)
1977 FC Zimbru Chișinău 34 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

References
  1. "Король по отражению пенальти (памяти Золтана Милеса)". fclmnews.ru. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
  2. "ЛокоРекорды: Топ вратарей клуба по числу сухих матчей". Sports.ru. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
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