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Valentin Nikolayev (footballer)

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Years
  
Team

Name
  
Valentin Nikolayev

1940-1952
  
CDKA Moscow

Role
  
Football player

1952
  
Kalinin City Team

Playing position
  
Forward

1953
  
MVO Moscow



Full name
  
Valentin Aleksandrovich Nikolayev

Place of birth
  
Yerosovo, Vladimir Oblast, USSR

Died
  
October 9, 2009, Moscow, Russia

Olympic medals
  
Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics - Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Valentin Aleksandrovich Nikolayev (Russian: Валентин Александрович Николаев) (August 16, 1921 in Yerosovo, Vladimir Governorate - died October 9, 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet football player and coach.

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Honours

  • Soviet Top League winner: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970 (as manager).
  • Soviet Top League runner-up: 1945, 1949.
  • Soviet Top League bronze: 1964, 1965 (both as manager).
  • Soviet Cup winner: 1945, 1948, 1951.
  • Soviet Top League top scorer: 1946 (16 goals), 1947 (14 goals).
  • Grigory Fedotov Club member: 111 goals.
  • As a manager: Europe U-23 champion: 1976, Europe U-21 champion: 1980.

    • International career

    Nikolayev made his debut for USSR on July 20, 1952 in an Olympics game against Bulgaria. As a manager, he was in charge of USSR national football team from October 1970 until the end of 1971.

    References

    Valentin Nikolayev (footballer) Wikipedia
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