Vasili Dmitriyevich Trofimov (russian: Василий Дмитриевич Трофимов; born 7 January 1919; died 22 September 1999) was a

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football player.

Playing career

The USSR champion in three sports:

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(1940, 1945, 1949),

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(1947), and

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(1951, 1952) in the Dynamo (Moscow) teams.

International career

Trofimov made his debut for

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on 15 July 1952 in a

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game against

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and scored on his debut. He also scored a goal against

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Coaching career

From 1964 to 1981 he served as the senior coach of the

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, which under his leadership eight times in a row became the world champion.

Honours

* Soviet Top League champion: 1940, 1945, 1949. * Finalist of

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: 1945, 1950.

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