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Died the former coach of the Russian women’s football team Oleg Lapshin

Noodles were 89 years old. Lapshin was the head coach of the women’s team of the USSR and Russia from 1988 to 1994

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Died the former coach of the Russian women’s football team Oleg Lapshin

Died former coach of the USSR and Russia Oleg Lapshin on the 90th year of life, the press service of the Russian football Union (RFS).

Oleg Lapshin has been coaching since 1962, working in FSM and with Moscow national teams of different ages. Honored coach of the RSFSR. "The Russian Football Union expresses sincere condolences to the relatives and friends of Oleg Lapshin," the statement said.

Lapshin was the head coach of the women’s team of the USSR and Russia from 1988 to 1994. In 1992, he was elected president of the Women's Football Association, which he led for ten years. He was also a member of the RFU Executive Committee (1992-1998), the FIFA Women's Football Committee (1994-1998) and the UEFA Committee (1999-2002).

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