Pyotr Dementyev

1913–1998 (age 85)

Biography

Pyotr Timofeyevich (Peka) Dementyev (Russian: Пётр Тимофеевич (Пека) Дементьев), 12 December 1913 — 1998) was a Soviet footballer who mainly played for Dynamo Leningrad and Zenit, as well as internationally for the Soviet Union, in the 1930s and 1940s. Whereas Dementyev's teams never won any significant trophies, he is considered to be one of the most talented Soviet footballers of his generation.

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