Nikolai Tishchenko
# 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.

## Honours

* Olympic champion: 1956.
* 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.

