Valentin Aleksandrovich Nikolayev (russian: Валенти́н Алекса́ндрович Никола́ев; August 16, 1921 in
Yerosovo,
Vladimir Governorate
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Russian Empire
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– October 9, 2009 in
Moscow
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) was a
Soviet
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football player and coach.
Honours
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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).
*
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 ...
runner-up: 1945, 1949.
*
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 ...
bronze: 1964, 1965 (both as manager).
*
Soviet Cup
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winner: 1945, 1948, 1951.
*
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 ...
top scorer: 1946 (16 goals), 1947 (14 goals).
*
Grigory Fedotov Club
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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
USSR
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on July 20, 1952 in an
Olympics
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game against
Bulgaria
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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 in ...
from October 1970 until the end of 1971.
References
External links
Profile
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
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