German Nikolayevich Apukhtin (russian: Герман Николаевич Апухтин; born 12 June 1936 - 200312 июня — день в истории ЦСКА
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Honours

* Soviet Top League bronze: 1958, 1964. *

1960 European Nations' Cup The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the first edition of the UEFA European Championship, held every four years and organised by UEFA. The first tournament was held in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in Paris afte ...

winner: 1960. * Top 33 players year-end list: 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960.

International career

Apukhtin made his debut for

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on 1 June 1957 in a friendly against

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. He played in the

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil be ...

. He was selected for the squad for the first ever European Nations' Cup in 1960, where the Soviets were champions, but did not play in any games at the tournament.

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Profile (in Russian)
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