Mikhail Butusov

Mikhail Butusov
Mikhail Butusov
Personal information
Full name Mikhail Pavlovich Butusov
Date of birth 18 June 1900(1900-06-18)
Place of birth Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date of death April 11, 1963(1963-04-11) (aged 62)
Place of death Leningrad, USSR
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1917-1923 Unitas St. Petersburg
1924-1926 Spartak Vyborzhsky Rayon Leningrad
1927-1930 Pishchevkus Leningrad
1931-1936 Dynamo Leningrad
National team
1924-1925 USSR 2 (3)
Teams managed
1936-1938 Dynamo Leningrad
1939-1940 FC Dinamo Tbilisi
1941 FC Dynamo Kyiv
1946 Zenit Leningrad
1947 FC Dynamo Kyiv
1948-1953 Dynamo Leningrad
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mikhail Pavlovich Butusov (Russian: Михаил Павлович Бутусов) (born June 18, 1900 in Saint Petersburg; died April 11, 1963 in Leningrad) was a Soviet football player and coach and a bandy player. He was the brother of Vasily Butusov.

Honours

  • RSFSR Champion: 1924, 1932.
  • Leningrad Champion: 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935.
  • Soviet Bandy League bronze: 1936.

International career

Butusov made his debut for USSR on November 16, 1924 in a friendly against Turkey. He was the captain of the team and scored 2 goals in a 3:0 victory. This was the first official game of the Soviet Union in international football, and therefore Butusov scored the first ever goal for the USSR.

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