Anatoli Vasilyevich Bashashkin (russian: Анатолий Васильевич Башашкин; 23 February 1924,

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– 27 July 2002,

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) was a Soviet and Russian footballer in the 1940s and 1950s and a football coach later. He played as a central defender. He was captain of the Soviet Union at the 1952 Olympics, but following their politically embarrassing defeat to

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he was stripped of the captaincy. In 1947–1953 Bashashkin was a member of the CDKA team that won four domestic titles in the 1940s and earlier 1950s (1947, 1948, 1950, 1951), but following the 1952 Olympics the team was disbanded by

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. After that he moved to Spartak Moscow in 1953. After Stalin's death he returned to CDKA (renamed CDSA at that time) in 1954 and played there until 1958. Bashashkin was part of the USSR team which won the 1956 Olympic football title. He won USSR Gold medals five times (four times with CDKA in 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951 and once with Spartak in 1953) and

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three times (1948, 1951, 1955). He was noted for his ability on the ball, physical strength and his long-range passing, which started countless counterattacks. After retirement from football Bashashkin graduated from the

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and served in

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as a tank military officer of the

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. Later he returned to football as a coach. Bashahkin was the main coach of

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in 1976 and he was an assistant coach (under

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) of

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in 1981. According to journalist Pavel Alyoshin, Bashashkin was not very successful as a coach, spending much time telling the players of the 1970s and 80s how inferior they were compared to the footballers of the 1950s.Collection of press-clippings related to Bashashkin

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