Nikolay Timofeyevich Dementyev (russian: Николай Тимофеевич Дементьев; 27 July 1915 – 5 June 1994) was a

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and

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n football striker and a coach.

Career

In 1929, he began his playing career in the team works S. Khalturin Factory in Leningrad. Then he performed in Leningrad clubs Dynamo, Spartak and DKA. In 1940 he moved to

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. After the

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in 1946 he was a player of

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. In 1954 he finished his playing career. On 24 May 1952, he debuted in the representation of the Soviet Union in an unofficial match against Hungary (1–1). He played a total of 8 unofficial games for the USSR. In 1956 he started his coaching. He first worked with youth in FSzM Moscow. From 1959, he helped train Spartak Moscow. In the years 1965–66 he managed

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. Then again he helped train Spartak Moscow and Karpaty Lviv. In the years 1967–68 he led

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. From 1969 to 1983 he coached a club in Moscow. He was Champion of the USSR (1940, 1952, 1953) and USSR Cup winner (1946, 1947, 1950). In the USSR championships held 273 matches and scored 89 goals. He died on 5 June 1994 in Moscow. Pyotr (Peka) Dementyev, also a footballer, was a brother of Nikolay.

References

1915 births 1994 deaths Footballers from Saint Petersburg Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Karpaty Lviv managers FC Shinnik Yaroslavl managers FC Spartak Moscow players Russian footballers Soviet bandy players Soviet football managers Soviet footballers Soviet Top League players Men's association football forwards {{Russia-footy-forward-1910s-stub Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery