Anatoli Isayev
Soviet-Russian football player and coach (1932-2016)
Anatoli Konstantinovich Isayev (Russian: Анатолий Константинович Исаев; 14 July 1932 – 10 July 2016) was a Soviet football player and Soviet and Russian coach.
Honours
Olympic champion: 1956.
Soviet Top League winner: 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962.
Soviet Cup winner: 1958.
Honored Master of Sports of the USSR: 1957
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
International career
Isayev made his debut for USSR on 21 August 1955 in a friendly against West Germany. He played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifiers but was not selected for the final tournament squad.
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