Mikhail Butusov

Mikhail Butusov

Personal information
Full name	Mikhail Pavlovich Butusov
Date of birth	(1900-06-18)18 June 1900
Place of birth	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date of death	11 April 1963(1963-04-11) (aged 62)
Place of death	Leningrad, USSR
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1912-1917	Unitas St. Petersburg[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1917–1930	Unitas St. Petersburg
1931–1936	Dynamo Leningrad
International career
1924–1925	USSR	2	(3)
Managerial career
1936–1938	Dynamo Leningrad
1939–1940	FC Dinamo Tbilisi
1941	FC Dynamo Kyiv
1946	Zenit Leningrad
1947	FC Dynamo Kyiv
1948–1953	Dynamo Leningrad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mikhail Pavlovich Butusov (Russian: Михаил Павлович Бутусов; 18 June 1900 in Saint Petersburg – 11 April 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 (with Dynamo Leningrad).

International career

Butusov made his debut for USSR on 16 November 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.

References

1. "Бутусов Михаил Павлович, 05.06.1900, футболист".

External links

• Profile (in Russian)