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{{Short description|Russian footballer (born 1957)}}
{{family name hatnote|Fayzrakhmanovich|Dasayev|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Rinat Dasayev
| image          = Rinat Dasaev.jpg
| image_size     = 
| caption        = Dasayev coaching Spartak-2 in 2017
| full_name      = Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasayev
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1957|6|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Astrakhan]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| height         = 1.89 m<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rinat Dasaev|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe46324/rinat-dasaev/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=worldfootball.net|language=en}}</ref>
| currentclub    = [[FC Spartak-2 Moscow]] ''(GK consultant)''
| position       = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1    = 1975      | youthclubs1 = [[FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan|Volgar Astrakhan]]
| years1         = 1976–1977 | clubs1 = [[FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan|Volgar Astrakhan]] | caps1 = 26  | goals1 = 0
| years2         = 1977–1988 | clubs2 = [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]             | caps2 = 335 | goals2 = 0
| years3         = 1988–1991 | clubs3 = [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]                           | caps3 = 59  | goals3 = 0
| totalcaps      = 420       | totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1979–1990 | nationalteam1 = [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]]
| nationalcaps1  = 91        | nationalgoals1 = 0
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USSR}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[UEFA Euro 1988|1988 West Germany]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]|[[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
}}
'''Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasayev''' ({{langx|ru|Ринат Файзрахманович Дасаев}}, {{langx|tt-Cyrl|Ринат Фәйзерахман улы Дасаев}}; born 13 June 1957) is a Russian [[Association football|football]] coach and a former [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]].

Throughout his club career, he played for [[FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan|Volgar Astrakhan]], [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] and [[Sevilla FC|Sevilla]]. At international level, he played at three [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]] with the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet national team]], also winning a bronze medal at the [[Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]] and a runners-up medal at [[UEFA Euro 1988]].

Regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world during the 1980s, he is considered the second-best Soviet goalkeeper ever behind [[Lev Yashin]].<ref name="rsssf1">[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-century.html IFFHS' Century Elections] - rsssf.org - by Karel Stokkermans, RSSSF.</ref> He was awarded the title of the [[IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper|World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year]] award in 1988 by the [[IFFHS]]. In a 1999 poll by the same organisation, he was elected the sixteenth greatest European goalkeeper of the twentieth century, alongside [[Gianpiero Combi]], and the seventeenth greatest goalkeeper of the century.<ref name="rsssf1"/> In 2004, he was named by [[Pelé]] as one of the [[FIFA 100|top 125 greatest living footballers]].

Following his retirement, he worked as a coach, and currently serves as a goalkeeping consultant with [[FC Spartak-2 Moscow]] and Spartak's youth teams.

==Club career==
Dasayev played as a goalkeeper for the Russian football club [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] during most of the 1980s. He won the Soviet championship in 1979 and 1987 and was named Best Soviet Goalkeeper by ''Ogonyok'' (''Огонëк'') magazine in 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988. In 1982, he was named [[Soviet Footballer of the Year]]. After his contract ran out with the Spanish club [[Sevilla FC]] in the early 1990s, Dasayev retired from the sport.

==International career==
Dasayev played for the [[USSR national football team|Soviet national team]] at the [[1980 Summer Olympics]], winning the [[bronze medal]]. He appeared in the [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]] and [[1990 FIFA World Cup]]s, as well as the [[1988 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 88]], where the Soviet Union reached the final, only to lose out to the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]. In total, he was [[cap (sport)|capped]] 91 times from 1979 to 1990, being the second-most capped player ever for the Soviet Union.

==Style of play==
Nicknamed "The Iron Curtain" and "The Cat", Dasayev is considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, and one of the best players in the world in his position during the 1980s; he is also regarded as the second-best Russian goalkeeper ever after Yashin. In addition to his shot-stopping abilities as a goalkeeper, Dasayev was also known for his trademark sudden long throws, which he would make immediately after stopping a shot, in order to start quick counter-attacks from the back; he was also known for his particular diving technique, which often saw him attempt saves with only one arm, in a similar manner to his Italian contemporary [[Franco Tancredi]].<ref name="rsssf1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/90-illgner-goycochea-conejo-shilton-age-great-goalkeeper|title=90: Illgner, Goycochea, Conejo, Shilton? The age of the great goalkeeper|publisher=FourFourTwo|date=4 June 2014|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/football/european-championship/0/blog/post/2889140/rinat-dasayev-says-igor-akinfeev-is-his-heir-in-goal-for-russia|title=Rinat Dasayev says Igor Akinfeev is his heir in goal for Russia|publisher=ESPN FC|author1=Michael Yokhin|date=9 June 2016|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/01a9-0e6cc85f869e-dfe59aaf975d-1000--the-safest-hands-in-russia/|title=The safest hands in Russia|publisher=[[UEFA]]|author1=Pavle Gognidze|date=18 May 2005|access-date=18 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="cortina d'acciaio">{{cite news|url=http://carotenuto.blogautore.repubblica.it/2014/05/24/dasaev-la-cortina-dacciaio/|title=Dasaev, la cortina d'acciaio|language=it|last=Carotenuto|first=Angelo|date=24 May 2014|access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref> A tall and well-rounded goalkeeper with a slender physique,<ref name="cortina d'acciaio"/><ref name="stiamo imparando">{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1988/06/21/europa-scusa-stiamo-imparando.html|title='Europa scusa, stiamo imparando'|work=la Repubblica|language=it|last=Audisio|first=Emanuela|date=21 June 1988|access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Irresistibile Olanda">{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1988/06/26/irresistibile-olanda.html|title=Irresistibile Olanda|work=la Repubblica|language=it|last=Brera|first=Gianni|date=26 June 1988|access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1989/01/14/zavarov-in-italia-ha-perso-la-testa.html|title='Zavarov in Italia ha perso la testa'|work=la Repubblica|language=it|date=14 January 1989|access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref> he possessed an excellent positional sense, and often positioned himself in very deep positions, rarely straying from his goal-line, and preferring to remain between the posts throughout the course of a match.<ref name="Custode"/> He was also known for his efficient, rather than spectacular, playing style,<ref name="Custode"/><ref name="Mito">{{cite news|url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/625/2011/06/13-178027/Dasaev,+portiere+mito+dello+Spartak+Mosca+|title=Dasaev, portiere mito dello Spartak Mosca|date=13 June 2011|access-date=29 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408015845/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/625/2011/06/13-178027/Dasaev,+portiere+mito+dello+Spartak+Mosca+|archive-date=8 April 2016}}</ref><ref name="Dida">{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/1999/febbraio/06/Dida_Milan_Qualcosa_accadra__ga_0_9902061977.shtml|title=Dida: "Io al Milan? Qualcosa accadrà"|work=[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]]|language=it|last=Bartolozzi|first=Bruno|date=6 February 1999|access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref> as well as his ability to organise his defence.<ref name="cortina d'acciaio"/><ref name="Custode"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1986/02/22/eravamo-troppo-amati-senza-calcio.html|title='C'eravamo troppo amati senza il calcio alla Pelé'|work=la Repubblica|last=Audisio|first=Emanuela|language=it|date=22 February 1986|access-date=29 January 2015}}</ref> Considered to be the goalkeeping heir of Lev Yashin in Soviet football,<ref name="Custode"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Europei/2008/Primo_Piano/2008/06_Giugno/08/Germania88.shtml|title=Olanda imbattibile a Euro '88|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|last=Palmeri|first=Tancredi|date=8 June 2008|access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref> he often drew wide praise for his ability in the press.<ref name="Custode">{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2012/06/07/rinat-dasaev-il-cust-ode-della-perestrojka.html|title=Rinat Dasaev, il custode della perestrojka|work=la Repubblica|language=it|date=7 June 2012|access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="PattodiFerro">{{cite news|url=http://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/2010/03/31/news/commento-3057251/|title=Mou e la squadra, patto di ferro|work=la Repubblica|language=it|last=Sorrentino|first=Andrea|date=31 March 2010|access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2006/06/27/rebrov-voronin-ex-milan-tutti-figli.html|title=Rebrov, Voronin e l'ex Milan tutti figli del mito Lobanovski|work=la Repubblica|language=it|date=27 June 2006|access-date=29 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/remember/2011/03/03-158688/Eder,+il+micidiale+mancino+dei+Mondiali+del++1982|title=Eder, il micidiale mancino dei Mondiali del 1982|work=Il Corriere dello Sport|language=it|date=3 March 2011|access-date=29 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330060611/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/remember/2011/03/03-158688/Eder%2C+il+micidiale+mancino+dei+Mondiali+del++1982|archive-date=30 March 2014}}</ref> However, critical opinion of Dasayev was occasionally divided;<ref name="Zonarussa">{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1988/06/19/la-zona-russa-attaccano-tutti.html|title=La zona russa: attaccano tutti|work=la Repubblica|language=it|last=Mura|first=Gianni|date=19 June 1988|access-date=21 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/09/12/fratelli-italia.html|title=Fratelli d'Italia|work=la Repubblica|language=it|last=Mura|first=Gianni|date=12 September 1987|access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Bearzot">{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1986/02/02/le-mie-mani-per-bearzot.html|title=Le mie mani per Bearzot|work=la Repubblica|language=it|last=Smorto|first=Giuseppe|date=2 February 1986|access-date=29 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="CosivalEuropa">{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1987/11/06/cosi-va-europa.html|title=Così va l'Europa|work=la Repubblica|language=it|date=6 November 1987|access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref> Italian sports journalist [[Gianni Brera]], for example, believed that he was overrated in the media.<ref name="Irresistibile Olanda"/><ref name="Vialli">{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1988/02/21/abbracciati-vialli.html|work=la Repubblica|language=it|last=Brera|first=Gianni|title=Abbracciati a Vialli|date=21 February 1988|access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Rivoluzione">{{cite news|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1988/06/28/la-rivoluzione-rimandata.html|title=La rivoluzione è rimandata|work=la Repubblica|language=it|last=Brera|first=Gianni|date=28 June 1988|access-date=28 January 2015}}</ref>

==After retirement==
Dasayev retired from professional football in the early 1990s, following his time with Sevilla. In 1993, he became the goalkeeping coach of Sevilla under the tuner of [[Luis Aragonés]] as coach and of  [[Sevilla Atlético]] for a season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Galán |first=Gabriel |date=2018-06-12 |title=Dasaev y sus recuerdos del Sevilla |url=https://www.eldesmarque.com/futbol/sevilla-fc/20180612/dasaev-y-sus-recuerdos-del-sevilla_160105053.html |access-date=2025-10-08 |website=ElDesmarque |language=es}}</ref> In 2001, he traveled to Vietnam to play some friendly matches between legend players of [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]] and Hanoi XI, which ended 3–3. He was appointed as the [[2008 UEFA Champions League Final]] Ambassador. Dasayev was a member of Russia's committee that won the bid to hold the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]]. Unlike most of other legends and football pundits in Russia following Russia's quarter-finals feat in 2018 World Cup, Dasayev criticized the Russian team and believed quarter-finals can't be considered as an achievement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sovsport.ru/football/articles/1063469-rinat-dasaev-chetvertfinal-chempionata-mira-ne-podvig|title = Ринат Дасаев: Четвертьфинал чемпионата мира – не подвиг!}}</ref>

He had to retire from active coaching in late 2018 due to knee injuries and currently works as goalkeeping consultant with [[FC Spartak-2 Moscow]] and Spartak's youth teams.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[FC Spartak Moscow]]|url=http://spartak.com/news/2018-12-28-rinat_dasayev_moya_zadacha__pomoch_molodym_vrataryam_stat_masterami/|script-title=ru:Ринат Дасаев: "Моя задача — помочь молодым вратарям стать мастерами"|trans-title=Rinat Dasayev: My task is to help young goalkeepers to become masters|date=28 December 2018|language=ru}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[Image:Russia 2018 World Cup.jpeg|thumb|Dasayev (far left, back row) celebrates winning the World Cup bid with [[Andrey Arshavin]] (center) and others]]

Dasayev is a Muslim,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://muslim.ru/en/articles/138/4132/|title=Legendary Footballer Rinat Dasayev Took Part in SAMMO Indoor Football Championship}}</ref> an ethnic [[Volga Tatars|Tatar]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Rinat Dasaev: The Koran Has Always Helped Me |url=https://tatar-congress.org/ru/blog/rinat-dasaev-mne-vsegda-pomogal-koran/ |language=ru}}</ref>

During his stint at Sevilla FC, the club's fans nicknamed him "Rafaé", since they struggled to pronounce his surname.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amorim |first=Joel |title=Rinat Dasaev's dark days at the Nervión |url=https://russianfootballnews.com/rinat-dasaevs-dark-days-at-the-nervion/ |access-date=2025-10-08 |website=Russianfootballnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Segura |first=Arnau |date=2017-10-31 |title=Rafaé, la estrella soviética que se apagó en Sevilla |url=https://www.panenka.org/pasaportes/rafae-la-gran-estrella-sovietica-que-se-apago-en-sevilla/ |access-date=2025-10-08 |website=Panenka |language=es}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Spartak Moscow'''
* [[Soviet Top League]]: 1979, 1987; runner-up: 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985
* [[Soviet Cup]] runner-up: 1981

'''Soviet Union'''
* [[UEFA European Football Championship]] runner-up: [[UEFA Euro 1988|1988]]

'''Individual'''
* [[The best 33 football players of the Soviet Union]] (10): No. 1 (1979–1983, 1985–1988); No. 2 (1984)
* [[Soviet Footballer of the Year]]: 1982<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/ussrpoy.html|title=Soviet Union - Player of the Year Awards|author1=Rasim Movsumov|date=22 August 2007|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
* Soviet Goalkeeper of the Year Award (5)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rivistastudio.com/standard/dasaev-25-anni-dopo/|title=Dasaev, 25 anni dopo|publisher=Rivista Studio|language=it|author1=Beppe di Corrado|date=25 June 2013|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
* [[Guerin Sportivo|Guerin Sportivo All-Star Team]]: 1982, 1983, 1986
*[[Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst|ADN Eastern European Footballer of the Season]]: 1983<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200112/http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-04 |website=WebArchive |title=Eastern European Footballer of the season|access-date=5 July 2024 }}</ref>
* [[Onze d'Or|Onze Mondial]]: 1983, 1988<ref>{{Cite web|title="Onze Mondial" Awards|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/onze-awards.html|access-date=2021-12-17|website=[[RSSSF]]|archive-date=4 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704020132/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/onze-awards.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[World Soccer Magazine#Eric Batty's World XI|World XI]]: 1984, 1986, 1987<ref name="BTLM80s">{{cite web |url=https://beyondthelastman.com/2014/03/10/eric-battys-world-xis-the-eighties-and-nineties/ |website=Beyond The Last Man |date=10 March 2014 |title=Eric Batty's World XI's – The Eighties and Nineties |access-date=23 July 2020 |archive-date=31 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131120633/https://beyondthelastman.com/2014/03/10/eric-battys-world-xis-the-eighties-and-nineties/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper]]: 1988<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-gkoy.html|title=IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year|author1=José Luis Pierrend|date=27 March 2015|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=23 September 2015}}</ref>
* [[UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll|UEFA Jubilee Poll]] (2004): #97<ref>{{cite news|date=21 December 2006|title=UEFA Awards|work= Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/uefa-awards.html#100|access-date=12 March 2024}}</ref>
* [[Golden Foot#Award legends|Golden Foot Legends Award]]: 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenfoot.com/legends.php?l=en|title=Legends|publisher=Golden Foot|access-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925120930/http://www.goldenfoot.com/legends.php?l=en|archive-date=25 September 2015}}</ref>
* [[FIFA 100]]<ref name="Pele">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3533891.stm |title=Pele's list of the greatest |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 March 2004 |access-date=15 June 2013 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.goalkeepersaredifferent.com/keepers/goalkeeping-greats.html#Dasayev Rinat Dasayev at goalkeepersaredifferent.com]
* {{FootballFacts.ru}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|rinat-dasaev}}

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