Mikhail Yakushin

Mikhail Yakushin
Personal information
Full name Mikhail Iosifovich Yakushin
Date of birth 15 November 1910(1910-11-15)
Place of birth Moscow, Russia
Date of death 3 February 1997(1997-02-03) (aged 86)
Place of death Moscow, Russia
Playing position Manager
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1928–1929 STS
1931–1933 SKiG
1933–1944 Dynamo Moscow
Teams managed
1944–1950 Dynamo Moscow
1953–1960 Dynamo Moscow
1959 USSR
1965–1966 Pakhtakor Tashkent
1967–1968 USSR
1969–1970 Pakhtakor Tashkent
1973 Lokomotiv Moscow
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Mikhail Iosifovich Yakushin (Russian: Михаил Иосифович Якушин; born 15 November 1910 in Moscow; died 3 February 1997 in Moscow) was a Russian football player and manager.

As a player he played for Moscow clubs STS (1928–1929), SKiG (1931–1933), and Dynamo (1933–1944). He played in 3 unofficial matches for USSR in 1935, scoring 1 goal.

As a manager he coached Dynamo Moscow from 1944 to 1950 and from 1953 to 1960, winning six Soviet titles (1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959). He served as the head coach of the USSR national football team in 1959 and from 1967 to 1968.

References

FC Dynamo Moscow – managers
(c) caretaker
FC Dinamo Tbilisi – managers
Soviet Union squad – UEFA Euro 1968 Fourth Place
FC Lokomotiv Moscow – managers
(c) caretaker