Lev Favorsky
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Lev Ivanovich Favorsky (born in 1893; died in 1969) was a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n football player, playing as goalkeeper.

International career

Favorsky made his debut for Russia
Russia national football team
The Russia national football team represents Russia in association football and is controlled by the Russian Football Union , the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home grounds are Luzhniki Stadium, Lokomotiv Stadium , and Petrovsky Stadium in St.Petersburg and their head coach is...

 on 30 June 1912 in a 1912 Olympics
Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics was one of the 102 events at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. It was the fourth time football was on the Olympic schedule. The tournament was contested between 11 nations, all of them from Europe, with Great Britain winning the gold medals...

 game against Finland
Finland national football team
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. He let in 16 goals in the next Olympic game against Germany
Germany national football team
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which Russia lost 0:16.

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