Gennadi Krasnitsky

Gennadi Aleksandrovich Krasnitsky (Russian: Геннадий Александрович Красницкий) (August 27, 1940 in Tashkent – June 12, 1988 in Qurghonteppa, suicide by jumping out of the highrise window) was a Soviet football player.

He became the first Uzbekistani player scored 100 goals in Soviet Top League to enter the Grigory Fedotov club.

The club of top-scoring footballers in Uzbekistan is named after him - Gennadi Krasnitsky club, was founded in 2010.

Krasnitsky made his debut for USSR on May 21, 1961 in a friendly against Poland.

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