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Sergei Olshansky

Soviet footballer (born 1948)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ2038526 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sergei Petrovich Olshansky (Russian: Серге́й Петрович Ольшанский; born May 28, 1948, in Moscow) is a retired Soviet football player.

Currently, he works as a general director for FC Nika Moscow.

Honours

Soviet Top League winner: 1969

Soviet Cup winner: 1971

Olympic bronze: 1972

International career

Olshansky made his debut for USSR on August 6, 1972, in a friendly against Sweden. He played in the qualifiers for 1974 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1976 and 1978 FIFA World Cup (USSR did not qualify for the final tournaments for any of those).

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Sergei Olshansky” as soviet footballer (born 1948). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1948, 1969, 1971, 1972—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1948-05-28. The account is most persuasive where Sergei, Olshansky and Soviet can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as soviet footballer (born 1948). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2038526. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1948, 1969, 1971 and 1972.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.

Best used for
  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Sergei Olshansky”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Sergei Olshansky primary sources, Sergei Olshansky archive and Sergei research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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This entry incorporates text from “Sergei Olshansky” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.