Vasili Trofimov | |
Fullname: | Vasili Dmitriyevich Trofimov |
Height: | 1.61 m[1] |
Birth Date: | 7 January 1919 |
Birth Place: | Kostino, Moscow Oblast, Russia |
Death Place: | Moscow, Russia |
Position: | Striker |
Youthclubs1: | FC Dynamo Bolshevo |
Years1: | 1939–1953 |
Caps1: | 216 |
Goals1: | 69 |
Nationalyears1: | 1952 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Manageryears1: | 1963–1964 |
Managerclubs1: | USSR (assistant) |
Vasili Dmitriyevich Trofimov (Russian: Василий Дмитриевич Трофимов; born 7 January 1919; died 22 September 1999) was a Soviet football player.
The USSR champion in three sports: football (1940, 1945, 1949), ice hockey (1947), and bandy (1951, 1952) in the Dynamo (Moscow) teams.
Trofimov made his debut for USSR on 15 July 1952 in a 1952 Olympics game against Bulgaria and scored on his debut. He also scored a goal against Yugoslavia.[2]
From 1964 to 1981 he served as the senior coach of the Soviet Union national bandy team. Under his leadership they were world champions for eight consecutive seasons.