.jpg) 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 | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1928 | Volny Trud Moscow | ||
| 1933–1935 | Dynamo Gomel | ||
| 1936–1942 | Dynamo Moscow | 36 | (0) |
| 1945–1946 | Trudovye Rezervy Moscow | 22 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1945–1948 | Trudovye Rezervy Moscow | ||
| 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 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gavriil Dmitriyevich Kachalin (Russian: Гаврии́л Дми́триевич Кача́лин; 17 January 1911 – 23 May 1995) was a Soviet and 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.