Nikolai Tishchenko

Nikolai Ivanovich Tishchenko (Russian: Николай Иванович Тищенко) (born 10 December 1926 in Lyublino; died 10 May 1981 in Moscow) was a Soviet football player.

Nikolai Tishchenko

Personal information
Full name	Nikolai Ivanovich Tishchenko
Date of birth	(1926-12-10)10 December 1926
Place of birth	Lyublino, Russian SFSR, USSR
Date of death	10 May 1981(1981-05-10) (aged 54)
Place of death	Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1951–1958	FC Spartak Moscow	105	(0)
International career
1954, 1956	USSR	12	(0)
Managerial career
1965	FC Spartak Moscow (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Olympic medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Men's Football
	1956 Melbourne	Team Competition

Honours

• Olympic champion: 1956.^[1]
• Soviet Top League winner: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958.
• Soviet Top League runner-up: 1954, 1955.
• Soviet Top League bronze: 1957.
• Season-end Top 33 players list: 1957.

International career

Tishchenko made his debut for USSR on 8 September 1954 in a friendly against Sweden. He came into limelight during the 1956 Olympics semifinal against Bulgaria he broke his clavicle, the substitutions were not yet allowed, so he stayed on the field, finishing the game.