Mikhail Pavlovich Butusov (; 18 June 1900 in Myshkin, Yaroslavl province – 11 April 1963 in

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) was a

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football player and coach and a

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player. He was the brother of Vasily Butusov.

Honours

* RSFSR Champion: 1924, 1932. * Leningrad Champion: 1928, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1935. * Soviet Bandy League bronze: 1936 (with

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International career

Butusov made his debut for

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on 16 November 1924 in a friendly against

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. He was the captain of the team and scored 2 goals in a 3:0 victory. This was the first official game of the Soviet Union in international football, and therefore Butusov scored the first ever goal for the USSR.

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Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers Soviet football managers FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg players FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg managers FC Dinamo Tbilisi managers FC Zenit Saint Petersburg managers FC Dynamo Kyiv managers Soviet bandy players 1900 births 1963 deaths Men's association football forwards {{Bandy-bio-stub