Vasily Butusov

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Vasily Pavlovich Butusov (Russian: Василий Павлович Бутусов born January 26, 1892 (OS)/February 7, 1892 (NS) in Saint Petersburg - died September 28, 1971 in Leningrad) was a Russian amateur football (soccer) player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He was a member of the Russian Olympic squad and played one match in the main tournament as well as one match in the consolation tournament. He scored the only goal for Russia in this competition. In fact that this was also the first ever international game for Russia, he became the first goal scorer for Russia ever.