Nikolai Gavrilowitsch Latyshev

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Nikolai Gawrilowitsch Latyshev ( Russian: Николай Гаврилович Латышев ; born November 21, 1913 in Moscow , † February 18, 1999 ibid) was a Soviet football referee. In his second participation in a soccer world championship in 1962 , he directed the final. In addition, he led a Soviet cup final eight times .

Career

Between 1931 and 1939 he played actively for the clubs Elektrozavod Stalinez (Электрозавод Сталинец) and Kraftwerk Moscow and until 1942 for Dynamo Moscow . In the Soviet system of that time, he was required to take a referee course at the beginning of his playing career. Therefore, from 1933, he also directed games in the Moscow League. From 1940 he also directed games of the highest Soviet league.

1947 directed its first Soviet cup final . Up to and including 1957, he was to direct all other Soviet Cup finals with the exception of 1949 and 1953. In 1956 there was no cup competition in the Soviet Union. With that he led eight cup finals within eleven years, which is to be regarded as a world record.

Since 1952 he was also the first Soviet referee to be registered as a FIFA referee. He found his first major use at the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 , where he whistled a game. He led three more games, including the match for the bronze medal between Bulgaria and India, with the games in 1956 in Melbourne . Possibly he could also have directed the final, but that was not possible because the team of the Soviet Union - against Yugoslavia - competed there.

In 1957 it was used in a game of the still young European Cup .

In 1958 he was used as a referee twice at the World Cup in Sweden, including the game in which Wales, led by its star John Charles , defeated the reigning vice world champions Hungary 2-1 and thus eliminated them in the preliminary round. In three other games he acted as linesman.

He was particularly able to make a name for himself at the 1962 World Cup in Chile. In the tournament, notorious for its refereeing services, Italy led the game against Switzerland and the difficult match between England and Argentina, which the British won 3-1, as well as the quarter-finals between Czechoslovakia and Hungary. In this game, which ended 1-0 for the Czechoslovaks, his non-recognition of a goal by the Hungarian Lajos Tichy because of offside remained controversial. In another game he was linesman. Due to the quality of his administration, he was finally selected for the final between defending champions Brazil and Czechoslovakia, which the team from South America won 3-1. His performance was unopposed and he was awarded a golden whistle by FIFA after the tournament .

By the end of his career in 1963 at the age of 50, he headed a total of 30 international matches and 192 top division games. Between 1948 and 1983 he was also chairman of the Soviet arbitrators. He was also a member of the FIFA Referees Committee for years between 1962 and 1984. In 1987 he was honored again with a special silver award from FIFA for his services to refereeing.

His main occupation was Latyshev, who had the advanced academic degree of a candidate in science (under the doctorate), taught at the Moscow Institute of Machine Tool Building and received, among other things, the Order of the Red Labor Banner and the Order of Honor of the USSR (Орден Знак Почёта) for his work .

Spellings

In addition to the original Russian spelling, the following spellings can be found for Latyshev in lists: Latishev, Latyshev, Latischew and Latisev.

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SURNAME Latyshev, Nikolai Gavrilowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Латышев, Николай Гаврилович (Russian); Latisev, Nyikolaj Gavrilovics
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian football referee
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 1999
Place of death Moscow