Gavriil Kachalin

Gavriil Kachalin
	Kachalin as manager of Dinamo Tbilisi in 1972
Personal information
Full name	Gavriil Dmitriyevich Kachalin
Date of birth	17 January 1911
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian Empire
Date of death	23 May 1995 (aged 84)
Place of death	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1928–?
	Homel
1936–1942	Dynamo Moscow
Teams managed
1945–1948
1949–1952	Lokomotiv Moscow
1955–1958	USSR
1960–1962	USSR
1963	Pakhtakor Tashkent
1964–1965	Dinamo Tbilisi
1965	USSR U-21
1966–1968	USSR Olympic
1968–1970	USSR
1971–1972	Dinamo Tbilisi
1973–1974	Dynamo Moscow
1975	Pakhtakor Tashkent
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Gavriil Dmitriyevich Kachalin (Russian: Гавриил Дмитриевич Качалин; 17 January 1911 – 23 May 1995) was a Soviet/Russian football player and coach.

He led the USSR national football team to their greatest achievements, Olympics gold medals in 1956 and European Football Championship title in 1960, and also coached them in three World Cups: 1958, 1962 and 1970.

With Kachalin, FC Dinamo Tbilisi won the first Soviet Top League title in their history in 1964 and later finished 3rd twice, in 1971 and in 1972. Kachalin became 3rd again in 1973 with FC Dynamo Moscow.

Playing career[]

Kachalin started his career in 1928 in the club called Volny Trud. Then he played for Homel city football team and FC Dynamo Homel. From 1936 to 1942 he competed for FC Dynamo Moscow. During his career he played in 36 Soviet Top League matches, and became a twice champion in 1937 and 1940 and a Soviet Cup winner in 1937 with Dynamo Moscow. He also played against Basque Country football team.^[1]

Coaching career[]

Gavriil Kachalin was a head coach of following club and national teams:

(1945–1948)
FC Lokomotiv Moscow (1949–1952)
USSR national football team as a head coach assistant (1954)
USSR national football team (1955–1958, 1960–1962, 1968–1970)^[2]
FC Pakhtakor Tashkent (1963, 1975)
FC Dinamo Tbilisi (1964–1965, 1971–1972)
USSR national under-21 football team (1965)
USSR national olympics football team (1966–1968)
FC Dynamo Moscow (1973–1974)

At the end of his career, Kachalin worked in Dynamo Moscow youth academy. He was a chairman of the Board of Coaches of Soviet Football Federation in 1963. Kachalin also was a member of FIFA technical committee.