Soviet footballer and manager
Gennadi Aleksandrovich Krasnitsky () (August 27, 1940 in Tashkent – June 12, 1988 in Qurghonteppa, suicide by jumping out of the highrise window) was a Soviet football player.
Career.
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.
International career.
Krasnitsky made his debut for USSR on May 21, 1961 in a friendly against Poland.