Mikhail Danilovich Gershkovich (russian: Михаил Данилович Гершкович; born 1 April 1948) is a retired
Soviet
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football
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player and a current
Russia
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n coach of
Jewish
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ethnicity.
International career
Gershkovich played on the
USSR national football team
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. He made his debut on the team on 16 June 1968 in a friendly against
Austria
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and scored on his debut. He scored a goal in each of his three first games for USSR. He played in the
1970 FIFA World Cup
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qualifiers, but was not selected for the final tournament squad.
He was also a football coach. He was also President of the Russian Association of Football Coaches.
Honours
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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 ...
winner: 1976 (spring)
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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 ...
winner: 1968, 1977
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European U-19 Championship winner: 1966
See also
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List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players
References
External links
Profile
1948 births
Footballers from Moscow
Living people
Soviet footballers
Men's association football forwards
Soviet Union men's international footballers
Soviet Top League players
FC Lokomotiv Moscow players
FC Torpedo Moscow players
FC Dynamo Moscow players
Russian footballers
Jewish men's footballers
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