Eduard Dubinski

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Isaakovich and the family name is Dubinski.

Eduard Isaakovich Dubinski (Russian: Эдуард Исаакович Дубинский, Ukrainian: Едуард Ісаакович Дубинський, Eduard Isaakovych Dubynskyi; 19 April 1935 in Kharkiv – 11 May 1969 in Moscow) was a Ukrainian and Soviet football defender who was best known for suffering a horrific injury at the 1962 FIFA World Cup that contributed to his death.

Eduard Dubinski

Personal information
Full name	Eduard Isaakovich Dubinski
Date of birth	(1935-04-06)6 April 1935
Place of birth	Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Date of death	11 May 1969(1969-05-11) (aged 34)
Place of death	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1952	Lokomotiv Kharkiv
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954	Lokomotiv Kharkiv	5	(0)
1955–1956	ODO Kyiv	29	(0)
1956	ODO Sverdlovsk	18	(0)
1957–1964	CSKA Moscow	112	(3)
1964–1965	KFK YuGV (Hungary)
1966–1967	SKA Odesa	14	(1)
1967–1968	FC Metallurg Lipetsk
International career
1961–1963	Soviet Union	12	(0)
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union UEFA European Championship Runner-up Spain 1964 Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Born in Kharkiv to a Jewish family,^[1] Dubinski played as a sweeper or a full-back and was a member of the Soviet Union national football team in the 1960s, going on to win a total of 12 caps. In 1962, two years after the Soviets won the initial European Nations Cup, Dubinsky played at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile. In the first match of the preliminary round, Dubinsky's leg was broken by Yugoslav Muhamed Mujić (who was not penalised for the foul, but later suspended by his team). The injury caused sarcoma^{[medical citation needed]} (a form of cancer), which eventually contributed to his death a number of years later.^[2]