Vasili Trofimov


Vasili Dmitriyevich Trofimov was a Soviet football player.

Career

The USSR champion in three sports: football, ice hockey, and bandy in the Dynamo teams.
Trofimov made his debut for [USSR national association football|football team|USSR] on 15 July 1952 in a 1952 Olympics game against Bulgaria and scored on his debut. He also scored a goal against Yugoslavia.
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 seasons in a row.

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