Valentin Ivanovich Afonin (; 22 December 1939 – 2 April 2021) was a

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender.

International career

He played for Soviet Union national team (42 matches), and was a participant at the

1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 to 30 July 1966. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the 1966 FI ...

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the 9th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May to ...

and at the

1968 UEFA European Football Championship The 1968 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in Italy. This was the third UEFA European Championship, an event held every four years and organised by UEFA. The final tournament took place between 5 and 10 June 1968. It ...

Honours

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (), served as the top division (tier) of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The league's name was a conditional designation used for brevity since being completely owned and g ...

: 1970 *

runner-up: 1966 * Top 33 players year-end list: 1968, 1969, 1970

External links

RussiaTeam biography

Weltfussball
1939 births 2021 deaths Footballers from Vladimir, Russia Russian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Men's association football defenders Soviet Union men's international footballers 1966 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1968 players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Soviet Top League players PFC CSKA Moscow players FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players FC SKA-Khabarovsk managers Russian football managers FC Torpedo Vladimir players 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{russia-footy-defender-1930s-stub