MOSCOW, Oct. 9 Former USSR national team and Shakhtar Donetsk goalkeeper Yuri Degterev died in the age of 74, said the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin. «The legend is gone. Today, Yuri Degterev died. The famous Soviet football player. These are not the traitors who abandoned the Donbass for green papers, rejoice in the deaths of people and blows on the Crimean bridge. This is a real person. Pride Donbass. Farewell, legend! My deepest condolences to family and friends,» Pushilin wrote in his Telegaram channel. Degterev spent his entire professional career at Shakhtar. As part of a team from Donetsk, he became the owner of the USSR Cup. He also led the club from 1995 to 1999. As part of the USSR national team, Degterev twice became the European champion among juniors (1966, 1967).
