Valeri Borisovich Zykov (russian: Валерий Борисович Зыков; born 24 February 1944) is a former

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football player. Since 1991 he works for the

FC Dynamo Moscow FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Footb ...

retired former players organization.

Career

Born in Gorky, Zykov began playing youth football with Lokomotiv Gorky. He played as a defender for Volga Gorky and

, appearing in 213 Soviet league matches. Zykov won the

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twice with Dynamo and was awarded Master of Sports of the USSR, International Class.

Honours

winner: 1967, 1970.

International career

Zykov made his debut for

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on 6 May 1970 in a friendly against

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. He also played in

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qualifiers (he did not play in the final tournament).

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1944 births Footballers from Nizhny Novgorod Living people Russian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers FC Dynamo Moscow players Soviet Top League players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football defenders FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod players {{USSR-footy-bio-stub