Konstantin Beskov

Konstantin Beskov

1991
Personal information
Full name	Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov
Date of birth	(1920-11-18)18 November 1920
Place of birth	Moscow, Russia
Date of death	6 May 2006(2006-05-06) (aged 85)
Place of death	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1937	Serp i Molot Moscow	?	(?)
1938–1940	Metallurg Moscow	45	(13)
1941–1954	Dynamo Moscow	196	(93)
Total		241	(109)
International career
1952	USSR	2	(0)
Managerial career
1956	Torpedo Moscow
1961–1962	CSKA
1963–1964	USSR
1964–1965	Zorya
1966	Lokomotiv Moscow
1967–1972	Dynamo Moscow
1974	USSR
1977–1988	Spartak Moscow
1979–1982	USSR
1991–1992	Asmaral
1994–1995	Dynamo Moscow
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov (Russian: Константи́н Ива́нович Бе́сков; 18 November 1920 – 6 May 2006) was a Soviet/Russian footballer and coach.^[1]

Beskov was born in Moscow. He played for Dynamo Moscow as forward, scoring 126 goals, and after finishing his playing career he became a successful manager who coached Dynamo and their rivals Spartak.

He also managed the USSR at the finals of Euro 64 and the 1982 World Cup.

Sporting honours

As player

Dynamo Moscow

• Soviet Top League (2): 1945, 1949
• Soviet Cup (1): 1953

As manager

Spartak Moscow

• Soviet Top League (2): 1979, 1987
• USSR Federation Cup (1): 1987
• Soviet First League (1): 1977
• European Cup: Quarterfinalist 1981
• UEFA Cup: Quarterfinalist 1984

Dynamo Moscow

• Soviet Cup (2): 1967, 1970
• Russian Cup (1): 1995
• European Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 1972

Soviet Union

• UEFA European Championship: Runner-up 1964
• Summer Olympic Games Bronze Medal: 1980

Moscow XI

• Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR (1): 1979

Honours and awards

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class and 3rd class
• Order of Lenin
• Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
• Order of Friendship of Peoples
• Order of the Badge of Honour, twice (incl. 1957)
• Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
• Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
• Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
• Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Konstantin Beskov.

• Konstantin Beskov dies (in Russian)

Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class and 3rd class

This page was last edited on 3 November 2023, at 14:03