![]() Afonin in 1970 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Valentin Ivanovich Afonin | ||
Date of birth | 22 December 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Vladimir, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
Date of death | 2 April 2021 | (aged 81)||
Place of death | Russia | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959 | SKVO Rostov-on-Don | 0 | (0) |
1960 | Traktor Vladimir | ||
1961–1967 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 147 | (0) |
1968–1970 | CSKA Moscow | 80 | (1) |
1971–1973 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 31 | (0) |
Total | 258 | (1) | |
International career | |||
1965–1970 | USSR | 42 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1972 | FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (assistant) | ||
1982–1983 | SKA Khabarovsk | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Valentin Ivanovich Afonin (Russian: Валентин Иванович Афонин; 22 December 1939 – 2 April 2021) was a Soviet footballer who played as a defender.
International career
[edit]He played for Soviet Union national team (42 matches), and was a participant at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1970 FIFA World Cup and at the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship.
Honours
[edit]- Soviet Top League: 1970
- Soviet Top League runner-up: 1966
- Top 33 players year-end list: 1968, 1969, 1970
External links
[edit]- RussiaTeam biography (in Russian)
- Weltfussball (in German)