Nikolay Latyshev

Nikolay Gavrilovich Latyshev (Russian: Николай Гаврилович Латышев; November 22, 1913 – February 18, 1999) was the referee in the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final staged in Santiago between Brazil and Czechoslovakia.

He was the first FIFA referee from the Soviet Union (since 1952), as well as the first Soviet to be appointed to officiate in a World Cup final.

Prior to the referee career, Latyshev played for Elektrozavod, Stalinets, and Dynamo Moscow.

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Biography (Russian)

Preceded by Maurice Guigue	FIFA World Cup final match referee 1962 Nikolay Latyshev	Succeeded by Gottfried Dienst

FIFA World Cup Final referees

1930: John Langenus (BEL)
1934: Ivan Eklind (SWE)
1938: Georges Capdeville (FRA)
1950: George Reader (ENG)
1954: William Ling (ENG)
1958: Maurice Guigue (FRA)
1962: Nikolay Latyshev (URS)
1966: Gottfried Dienst (SWI)
1970: Rudi Glöckner (GDR)
1974: Jack Taylor (ENG)
1978: Sergio Gonella (ITA)
1982: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (BRA)
1986: Romualdo Arppi Filho (BRA)
1990: Edgardo Codesal (MEX)
1994: Sándor Puhl (HUN)
1998: Said Belqola (MAR)
2002: Pierluigi Collina (ITA)
2006: Horacio Elizondo (ARG)
2010: Howard Webb (ENG)
2014: Nicola Rizzoli (ITA)

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