Valentin Aleksandrovich Nikolayev (russian: Валенти́н Алекса́ндрович Никола́ев; August 16, 1921 in Yerosovo,

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– October 9, 2009 in

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) was a

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football player and coach.

Honours

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: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970 (as manager). *

runner-up: 1945, 1949. *

bronze: 1964, 1965 (both as manager). *

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...

winner: 1945, 1948, 1951. *

top scorer: 1946 (16 goals), 1947 (14 goals). *

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member: 111 goals. * As a manager: Europe U-23 champion: 1976, Europe U-21 champion: 1980.

International career

Nikolayev made his debut for

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on July 20, 1952 in an

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game against

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. As a manager, he was in charge of

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 ...

from October 1970 until the end of 1971.

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1921 births 2009 deaths People from Sobinsky District People from Vladimirsky Uyezd Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers Soviet football managers Russian men's footballers Soviet Top League players PFC CSKA Moscow players Olympic footballers for the Soviet Union Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Soviet Union national football team managers PFC CSKA Moscow managers Soviet Union men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards Sportspeople from Vladimir Oblast {{USSR-footy-bio-stub