Yevgeni Fokin

Yevgeni Vasilyevich Fokin (Russian: Евгений Васильевич Фокин, 12 October 1909 – 12 November 1972) was a Russian football goalkeeper and coach.[1]

Yevgeni Fokin
Personal information
Full name Yevgeni Vasilyevich Fokin
Date of birth (1909-10-12)October 12, 1909
Place of birth Podolsk, Russian Empire
Date of death November 12, 1972(1972-11-12) (aged 63)
Place of death Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1925–1929 im. Ilyicha Podolsk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1930–1944 Dynamo Moscow 65 (0)
Teams managed
1945–1948 Dynamo Moscow (assistant)
1950 Dynamo Kyiv
1951–1952 Dinamo Minsk
1954–1957 Dynamo Moscow (director)
1962–1963 Daugava Riga
1967 Lokomotiv Moscow (director)
1972 Motor Vladimir (director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In 1925, he began his career in Podolsk and in 1930 he moved to Dinamo Moscow. In 1944, severe injury forced him to end his playing career. He defended the team colors of Moscow (1930-1934, 1939-1940) and the Russian SFSR (1932-1933).[1]

In 1944, he began his coaching career. First, to 1948, he helped to train Dinamo Moscow. In 1950, he was appointed head coach of Dynamo Kiev and Dinamo Minsk in 1952. In 1954, he returned to Dinamo Moscow, this time as director of the club. From 1958 he was head of the youth reserve school Dinamo Moscow. From 1962 to September 1963 he managed Daugava Riga. He later worked as an officer in the Russian SFSR Sport Committee. He also held the position of director of the club Lokomotiv Moscow and Motor Vladimir. He died on November 12, 1972 in Moscow at the age of 63 years.[1]

Fokin was champion of the USSR in 1937 and 1940, winner of the USSR Cup in 1937 and was awarded the title Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1945.[1]

References
  1. Фокин Евгений Васильевич (СССР) (in Russian). Яндекс.Словари:Футбол: игроки, тренеры, судьи. Retrieved 8 May 2012.


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