Mikhail Iosifovich Yakushin (Russian: Михаил Иосифович Якушин; 15 November 1910 – 3 February 1997) was a Russian football and field hockey player, later a manager of Dynamo Moscow and the USSR.

Mikhail Yakushin
Mikhail Yakushin in 1967
Personal information
Full name Mikhail Iosifovich Yakushin
Date of birth (1910-11-15)15 November 1910
Place of birth Moscow, Russia
Date of death 3 February 1997(1997-02-03) (aged 86)
Place of death Moscow, Russia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1928–1929 STS
1931–1933 SKiG
1933–1944 Dynamo Moscow
Managerial career
1944–1950 Dynamo Moscow
1953–1960 Dynamo Moscow
1958–1959 USSR
1965–1966 Pakhtakor Tashkent
1967–1968 USSR
1969–1970 Pakhtakor Tashkent
1973 Lokomotiv Moscow
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Yakushin played football for Moscow clubs STS (1928–1929), SKiG (1931–1933), and Dynamo (1933–1944). He scored one goal in his three international matches for the Soviet national team. In the 1930s he also played field hockey for Dynamo, favoring hockey to football.

Coaching career

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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 was the head coach of the USSR national football team in 1959 and from 1967 to 1968.

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