Vasily Sokolov (footballer)
Vasily Nikolayevich Sokolov was a Russian football defender and coach.
In 1929, he began his career in local football team Żeldor. He played for DKA Smolensk. 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. In 1951, he ended his football career.
He then had a notable career as a coach, and worked as a head coach at Spartak Moscow, Spartak Minsk, Dinamo Tbilisi - 1958, Director and coach of Shakhtar Stalino, director and coach of Moldova Kishinev, and director and coach of Neftyanıka Baku. In 1954, he led the national team of the USSR, and from the beginning of June 1964 the Soviet Union youth team. He also coached the national teams of the Congo and the national team Chad. 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.
