Valeri (or Valery) Viktorovich Broshin (Russian: Валерий Викторович Брошин; 19 October 1962,

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

– 5 March 2009,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

) was a Russian-Turkmen professional

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 le ...

and football manager.

Career

During his playing career, he appeared with clubs such as

FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Football Club Zenit (russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб «Зенит» ), also known as Zenit Saint Petersburg or simply Zenit, is a Russian professional association football, football club based in Saint Petersburg. Founded in ...

and

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (russian: link=yes, Профессиональный футбольный клуб – ЦСКА, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English l ...

. He earned 3 caps for the

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 ...

, and participated in the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...

finals. He later received

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...

i citizenship in order to be eligible to play on the

Turkmenistan national football team The Turkmenistan national football team ( tk, Türkmenistanyň milli futbol ýygyndysy) represents Turkmenistan in men's international football and it is controlled by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan, the governing body for football in T ...

(1997–98). He was the manager of

FC Nika Moscow FC Nika Moscow (russian: ФК «Ника» Москва) is a Russian association football club from Moscow, founded in 1999. It played professionally in the Russian Second Division in 2001 and from 2005 to 2010. Currently it plays in the Amateur F ...

in 2005–06 season. In 2009, Broshin died of

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...

at the age of 46.

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* 1962 births 2009 deaths Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers Turkmenistan men's footballers Footballers from Saint Petersburg Men's association football midfielders Soviet Union men's international footballers Turkmenistan men's international footballers Russian emigrants to Turkmenistan Dual men's international footballers Soviet Top League players Russian Premier League players Veikkausliiga players Belarusian Premier League players Liga Leumit players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players PFC CSKA Moscow players Kuopion Palloseura players CD Badajoz players Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players FK Köpetdag Aşgabat players FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players FC Gomel players Russian football managers Deaths from cancer in Russia Russian expatriate men's footballers 1990 FIFA World Cup players Turkmenistan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Russian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Russian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Russian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Russian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Turkmenistan expatriate sportspeople in Finland Turkmenistan expatriate sportspeople in Spain Turkmenistan expatriate sportspeople in Israel Turkmenistan expatriate sportspeople in Belarus {{Turkmenistan-footy-bio-stub