Valentin Borisovich Bubukin (; 23 April 1933 – 30 October 2008) was a

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/Russian

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Biography

Bubukin started training in aged 12 in the club Krylia Sovetov. He then moved to

VVS Moscow VVS Moscow ( / in English: ''Moscow Military Air Force'') was a Soviet sports club representing the Soviet Air Force. Among the sports the club participated in were football, ice hockey, basketball, and volleyball. They won the Soviet national b ...

, but the team was disbanded in 1952, and Bubukin went to

FC Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (, ) is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three occasions; the Soviet Cup twice; and the Russian Cup (football), Russian Cup a record ...

, where he spent most of his career. He made his debut for

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on 6 September 1959 in a friendly against

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(he was selected for the

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the 6th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first and only FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Br ...

squad, but did not play in any games at the tournament). He played in the first ever European Nations' Cup in 1960, which was won by the Soviet team. After retiring in 1965, he worked as a football manager of Lokomotiv Moscow (1966–1968),

SC Tavriya Simferopol Sports Club Tavriya () was a Ukrainian football club from Simferopol. Tavriya was a member of the Ukrainian Premier League from its founding and won the first Ukrainian Premier League 1992, Ukrainian Premier League making them one of three team ...

(1970–1972),

FC Karpaty Lviv Football Club Karpaty Lviv ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Lviv. In 2020–21 the club was reorganized and changed owner. During that period there existed two clubs with the same name, one at professional level competitio ...

(1972–1974),

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English language, English: ''Central Sports Club of the Army''), commonly referred to as CSKA Moscow or ''CSK ...

(1975–1978, 1981–1987) and CSKA Hanoi (1978), winning the national title with Thể Công in Vietnam in 1978.

Honours

1960 European Nations' Cup The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the inaugural tournament 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 Par ...

winner. *

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 ...

runner-up: 1959. *

Soviet Cup The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (),, , , (Moldovan Cyrillic: Купа УРСС), , , . was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union conducted by the Football Federation of the Soviet Union. The 1991–92 season of the tournam ...

winner: 1957. * V-League winner (as a coach): 1978.

Awards

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds and efforts have been aimed at ...

(1997) * Order of Honour (2003) *

Medal "For Labour Valour" The Medal "For Labour Valour" () was a civilian labour award of the Soviet Union bestowed to especially deserving workers to recognise and honour dedicated and valorous labour or significant contributions in the fields of science, culture or t ...

(1960) *Medal of Friendship (Vietnam)

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1933 births 2008 deaths 1958 FIFA World Cup players Soviet Top League players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players PFC CSKA Moscow players Russian football managers Russian men's footballers Russian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Soviet football managers Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers 1960 European Nations' Cup players UEFA European Championship–winning players SC Tavriya Simferopol managers FC Lokomotiv Moscow managers FC Karpaty Lviv managers Footballers from Moscow Men's association football forwards 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-footy-forward-1930s-stub