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
Place of death	Leningrad, USSR
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1917–1923	Unitas St. Petersburg
1924–1926	Spartak Vyborzhsky Rayon Leningrad
1927–1930	Pishchevkus Leningrad
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.

External links

• (Russian) Profile