Nikolay Latyshev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikolay Latyshev

Russian footballer, referee

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1913

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1999

Profession: association football manager, association football referee, association football player

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Nikolay Gavrilovich Latyshev (Russian: ??????? ?????????? ???????; November 22, 1913 – February 18, 1999) was the referee in the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final staged in Santiago between Brazil and Czechoslovakia. He was the first FIFA referee from the Soviet Union (since 1952), as well as the first Soviet to be appointed to officiate in a World Cup final. Prior to the referee career, Latyshev played for FC Elektrozavod, Stalinets, and Dynamo Moscow.