Yuriy Mykolayovych Voynov ( uk, Юрій Миколайович Войнов, russian: Юрий Николаевич Войнов; 29 November 1931 – 22 April 2003) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

and

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly ...

player and manager.

Honours

1960 European Nations' Cup The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the first edition of the UEFA European Championship, held every four years and organised by UEFA. The first tournament was held in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in Paris afte ...

Winner *

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

Winner: 1961 * Selected to the

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil ...

team of the tournament *

Ballon d'Or The Ballon d'Or (; ) is an annual football award presented by French news magazine '' France Football'' since 1956. Between 2010 and 2015, in an agreement with FIFA, the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year (f ...

12th: 1959

International career

He earned 23 caps for the

USSR national football team The Soviet Union national football team ( rus, сбо́рная СССР по футбо́лу, r=sbórnaya SSSR po futbólu) was the national football team of the former Soviet Union. After the breakup of the Union the team was transformed ...

, and represented the country in the

and the

, where the USSR were crowned the first ever European champions. Also, he was listed as one of the best XI after the

1958 World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil be ...

by Dr. Friedebert Becker. In 1956 Voinov played couple of games for

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at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.Football at the 1956 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
narod.ru.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Voynov, Yuriy 1931 births People from Korolyov, Moscow Oblast 2003 deaths Burials at Baikove Cemetery Soviet footballers Ukrainian football managers Soviet football managers Soviet Union international footballers 1958 FIFA World Cup players 1960 European Nations' Cup players UEFA European Championship-winning players Soviet Top League players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Chornomorets Odesa managers MFC Mykolaiv managers FC Shakhtar Donetsk managers FC Vorskla Poltava managers FC Metalist Kharkiv managers FC CSKA Kyiv managers FC Temp Shepetivka managers Ukrainian people of Russian descent Association football midfielders