Nikolay Latyshev
Russian footballer, referee
About Nikolay Latyshev
Lived 1913 – 1999 (aged 85). Nikolay Latyshev was a Russian association football player, association football referee and association football coach.
Nikolay Gavrilovich Latyshev (; November 22, 1913 – February 18, 1999) was the referee in the 1962 FIFA World Cup final staged in Santiago between Brazil and Czechoslovakia.
He was the first FIFA referee from the Soviet Union (since 1952), as well as the first Soviet to be appointed to officiate in a World Cup final.
Prior to the referee career, Latyshev played for FC Elektrozavod, Stalinets, and Dynamo Moscow.
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Who was Nikolay Latyshev?
Russian footballer, referee (1913-1999)
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Nikolay Latyshev was born on 22 November 1913 in Moscow.
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Nikolay Latyshev died on 18 February 1999 in Moscow.
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Nikolay Latyshev was an association football player, association football referee and association football coach.
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Nikolay Latyshev was Russian.
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