Anatoly Fyodorovich Krutikov (russian: Анатолий Фёдорович Крутиков; 21 September 1933 – 8 November 2019) was a Russian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

and manager.

Club career

Krutikov played in nearly 300 Soviet league matches for

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyna ...

, winning the

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

in 1962 and the

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS (Moldova ...

in 1963 and 1965.

International career

He earned 9 caps for the

USSR national football team The Soviet Union national football team ( rus, сбо́рная СССР по футбо́лу, r=sbórnaya SSSR po futbólu) was the national football team of the former Soviet Union. After the breakup of the Union the team was transformed in ...

, and participated in the first ever European Nations' Cup in 1960, where the Soviets were champions. He was selected for the

1964 European Nations' Cup The 1964 European Nations' Cup was the second edition of the UEFA European Championship. The final tournament was held in Spain. It was won by the hosts 2–1 over the defending champions, the Soviet Union. The tournament was a knockout compet ...

squad, but did not play in any games at the tournament.

Coaching career

He has the dubious distinction of being the only

coach to get the team relegated from the top division in USSR or Russia (in 1976). On 8 November 2019, FC Spartak Moscow announced that Krutikov had died.

Honours

winner: 1962. *

winner: 1963, 1965.

References

External links

Profile (in Russian)
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