Vladimir Petrovich Kesarev (russian: Владимир Петрович Кесарев; 26 February 1930 – 19 January 2015) was a

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Honours

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: 1957, 1959, 1963.

International career

He earned 14 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 i ...

, and participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He was selected in the squad for the first ever European Nations' Cup in 1960, where the Soviets were champions, but did not play in any games at the tournament.

External links

Profile (in Russian)
1930 births 2015 deaths Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers Soviet football managers 1958 FIFA World Cup players 1960 European Nations' Cup players UEFA European Championship-winning players FC Dynamo Moscow players Soviet Top League players Men's association football defenders {{Russia-footy-defender-1930s-stub