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By the age of twenty, Eduard Streltsov has everything one can dream of: talent, fame and love. He is the rising star of Soviet football. The whole country, with bated breath, expects victory from the national team at the upcoming World Cup where Streltsov is to face the great Brazilian football player Pelé. However, two days before the departure of the team, the sportsman’s enemies manage to destroy his career. When the door to big sport seems to be closed for good, Streltsov has to re-enter the field and prove that he is a true champion who is worth everybody’s love.
January 29, 1959 in Dmitrievka, Nikiforovskiy rayon, Tambovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
22 May 1977, Volgograd, Volgogradskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
January 25, 1989 in Pereslavl-Zalesskiy, Yaroslavskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
July 22, 1955 in Sholokhovskiy, Belaya Kalitva, Belokalitvinskiy rayon, Rostovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]