Vasily Sokolov

Vasily Nikolayevich Sokolov (30 January 1912 – 12 February 1981) was a Soviet football defender and coach.

Career In 1929, he began his career in local football team Żeldor. He played for DKA Smolensk (1934–1936). In October 1936, he played one match for CDKA Moscow, and the following year he returned to Smolensk DKA. In 1938, he moved to Spartak Moscow, where he achieved his greatest success. With the beginning of the Great Patriotic War he joined Krylja Soviet Moscow, but in 1942 he returned to Spartak, where he served as captain. He died July 3, 1981, in Moscow.

Sokolov was champion of the USSR in 1938, 1939, USSR Championship bronze medalist in 1940, 1948, 1949, winner of the USSR Cup in 1938, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1950, and USSR Cup finalist in 1948.