An outstanding coach Konstantin Beskov worked in such distinguished clubs that did not need extra performances, such as Dynamo, Torpedo, Spartak. He also headed the USSR national team. The number of his awards and achievements in football is difficult to count.
Beskov as a player
Beskov Konstantin Ivanovich was born in Moscow in 1920 in an ordinary working-class family. He became addicted to football at the age of six, after he went with a relative to one of the matches.
In 1934 (Beskov was only fourteen then) he was taken to the football club of the Mashzavod named after Mikhail Khrunichev. And four years later, in 1938, he became the center forward of Metallurg, a major league club.
During the war with Nazi Germany, Konstantin Ivanovich served in a special motorized rifle brigade (OMSBON).
In 1944, in the USSR, as in peacetime, the football championship was held again and Beskov as part of the capital's Dynamo took an active part in it.
In the autumn of 1945, that is, after the war, the legendary Dynamo tour of Britain took place. During this tour, four games were held, and in each Konstantin Ivanovich showed remarkable skill - in total, he hammered five magnificent goals into the opponents' goal.
In February 1946, soon after arriving from Europe, Beskov married a girl named Valeria, an actress by training (she studied at GITIS). In 1947, the couple had a daughter - Love.
In 1948, Beskov as a striker for Dynamo became the silver medalist of the All-Union Championship, and in 1949 he won gold.
In 1950, he was included in the list of the best players of the season, and among the center forwards he had no equal at all.
In 1952, Beskov participated (although not fully recovered from his injury) in a football tournament as part of the XV Summer Olympics in Finland.
