Konstantin Ivanovich Lemeshev (Russian: Константин Иванович Лемешев; 7 April 1907, in St. Petersburg – 21 September 1950, in Leningrad) was a Soviet Russian football player and coach. He continued coaching FC Zenit Leningrad even in declining health despite the doctors' advice and was taken to the hospital during a home game, dying a few dates later.

Konstantin Lemeshev
Personal information
Full name Konstantin Ivanovich Lemeshev
Date of birth (1907-04-07)7 April 1907
Place of birth St. Petersburg, Russia
Date of death 21 September 1950(1950-09-21) (aged 43)
Place of death Leningrad, Russian SFSR
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender/Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1926–1932 Krasny Putilovets Leningrad
1933–1935 FC Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad
1936 FC Lokomotiv Leningrad
Managerial career
1938–1940 FC Krasnaya Zarya Leningrad
1941–1945 FC Zenit Leningrad
1946 FC Pishchevik Leningrad
1948–1950 FC Zenit Leningrad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He was an older brother of Vladimir Lemeshev.

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