Place of death Leningrad, USSR Height 1.82 m Role Football player | Name Mikhail Butusov Years Team | |
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Full name Mikhail Pavlovich Butusov Date of birth (1900-06-18)18 June 1900 Date of death 11 April 1963(1963-04-11) (aged 62) Died April 11, 1963, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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.
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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.
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