Valeri Mikhailovich Matyunin (russian: Валерий Михайлович Матюнин; 20 July 1960 – 9 January 2018) was a Russian professional

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er.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the

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in 1979 for

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. After winning the 1984

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with Dynamo, Matyunin had spells with

FC Fakel Voronezh FC Fakel Voronezh (russian: Футбольный клуб "Факел" Воронеж) is a Soviet and Russian professional football club based in Voronezh. Founded in 1947, the club has played in the Soviet Top League and the Russian Premier Lea ...

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FC Spartak Kostroma FC Spartak Kostroma (russian: ФК «Спартак» Кострома) is a Russian association football club from Kostroma, founded in 1959. The highest level it achieved in its history was second-highest Soviet First League, where it played in 1 ...

FC Dnepr Mogilev FC Dnepr Mogilev ( be, ФК Дняпро Магілёў, ''FK Dniapro Mahilyow''; russian: ФК Днепр Могилёв) is a Belarusian football team, playing in the city of Mogilev. Their home stadium is Spartak Stadium. History Dnepr Mog ...

, FC Tiligul Tiraspol,

FC Kuzbass Kemerovo FC Kuzbass Kemerovo (russian: ФК «Кузбасс» Кемерово) was an association football club from Kemerovo, Russia, founded in 1946. It played professionally in 1946, 1948–1949, 1957–2002 and from 2005 to 2012, when it was dissolve ...

, FC Gigant Voskresensk and FC Industriya Obninsk.

Honours

winner: 1984. *

runner-up: 1986.

European club competitions

With

. *

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: 2 games. *

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: 1 game. * European Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85: 3 games.

Referee career

After his retirement as a player, he worked as a referee from 1997 to 2005. The highest level he refereed in was the second-tier

Russian Football National League The Russian First League (russian: Первая лига, Pervaya liga), formerly called Russian First Division (russian: Первый дивизион) and Russian Football National League (FNL) (russian: Первенство Футбольн� ...

Personal life

His son

Aleksei Matyunin Aleksei Valeryevich Matyunin (russian: Алексей Валерьевич Матюнин; born 16 March 1982) is a Russian professional football referee. He has been a FIFA referee This is a list of current FIFA international referees. Year ...

is a

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referee.

References

1960 births 2018 deaths Footballers from Moscow Soviet men's footballers Russian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Dynamo Moscow players FC Fakel Voronezh players FC Arsenal Tula players FC Dnepr Mogilev players FC APK Morozovsk players Soviet Top League players FC Spartak Kostroma players Russian football referees FC Kuzbass Kemerovo players {{Russia-footy-forward-1960s-stub