Boris Georgiyevich Tatushin (russian: Борис Георгиевич Татушин) (31 March 1933 in

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; – 15 January 1998 in Moscow) was a

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football player and manager.

Honours

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: 1956. *

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winner: 1953, 1956, 1958.

International career

Tatushin made his debut for

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on 8 September 1954 in a friendly against Sweden. He played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, but was not selected for the final tournament squad, because he was arrested with

Eduard Streltsov Eduard Anatolyevich Streltsov ( rus, Эдуа́рд Анато́льевич Стрельцо́в, p=ɨdʊˈart ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲitɕ strʲɪlʲˈtsof, a=Ru-Eduard Streltsov-yzavyalo.ogg; 21 July 1937 – 22 July 1990) was a Soviet footballer ...

and Mikhail Ogonkov over rape allegations and was disqualified for three years.

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