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Oleg Lapshin, former coach of USSR and Russia women's football teams, dies at 89

Oleg Lapshin, who led the women's national football team of the USSR and then Russia from 1988 to 1994, has died at the age of 89, the Russian Football Union said.

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Oleg Lapshin, a former head coach of the women's national football teams of the USSR and Russia, has died. He was 89, in his 90th year, the Russian Football Union (RFU) said on Tuesday.

Lapshin took charge of the Soviet women's team in 1988 and stayed in the job until 1994. That means he guided the side through a historic turning point.

If you missed our earlier stories: the USSR team played its last competitive years under him before the Soviet breakup. After that, Russia's women's team played its first matches as an independent national side, still with Lapshin on the bench.

Former RFU president Vyacheslav Koloskov remembered him as a delicate person and a knowledgeable specialist.

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