Valeriy Semenovych Porkuyan ( uk, Валерій Семенович Поркуян, born 4 October 1944 in
Kirovohrad
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Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its nam ...
,
Ukrainian SSR
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, now
Ukraine
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) is a former
Ukrainian
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footballer
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of
Armenia
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n descent who played for
Dynamo Kyiv
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.
Playing career
Club
Porkuyan began playing for the youth team of
Kirovohrad
Kropyvnytskyi ( uk, Кропивницький, Kropyvnytskyi ) is a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river with a population of . It is an administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast.
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's local club,
Zvezda. In 1962 he made the transition to the senior team of Zvezda. After three successful seasons there he was spotted by a former
Chernomorets Odessa player and then assistant coach,
Matvey Cherkassky, who helped him transfer from the
Soviet Second League B
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to the
Soviet Top League
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club Chernomorets. That season he played alongside
Valeri Lobanovsky
Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football playe ...
, who was finishing up his playing career in Odessa. His form there attracted the attention of many top clubs, including
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and
Dnipro, but he was eventually moved to
Dynamo Kyiv
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was officia ...
. At 21 years of age he made the first team in his first season with the team. On the strength of that first season, when he scored 7 goals, he was chosen by the head-coach of
USSR national football team
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,
Nikolai Morozov to travel to the
1966 FIFA World Cup. Porkuyan won three Soviet Top League championships with Dynamo Kyiv (in
1966,
1967
Events
January
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and
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Janu ...
), as well as the
Soviet Cup
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in 1966. But despite those triumphs he failed to secure a spot in a very competitive team at the time. In 1970, he made a return to Odessa to once again play with Chornomorets. He had two solid seasons there, despite the club being relegated to the
Soviet First League
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. In 1972, he was invited to move to Dnipro, who were coached by his former teammate
Valeri Lobanovsky
Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football playe ...
. He made the majority of his playing appearances with Dnipro in the 4 years he spent there. He retired from playing in 1976.
International
He earned 8 caps and scored 4 goals for the
USSR national football team
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. Incredibly he scored his four goals in his first three international matches during the
1966 FIFA World Cup. He also was selected to play in the
1970 FIFA World Cup, but did not play any matches. He is the only active player of
FC Chornomorets Odessa to have featured in a World Cup team.
Coaching career
After retiring from playing he moved into coaching the following year in 1976, becoming assistant coach with
SC Tavriya Simferopol. Along the way he had stints coaching amateur teams playing in the lower divisions. But since the 1980s he, almost continuously, has been connected with Chornomorets Odessa in a coaching capacity.
Honours
Club
Dynamo Kyiv
*
Soviet Top League
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Champion:
1966,
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
,
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* Janu ...
*
Soviet Cup
The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup (russian: Кубок СССР),, be, Кубак СССР, uz, СССР Кубоги, kk, КСРО Кубогы, ka, სსრკ თასი, az, ССРИ кубоку, lt, TSRS taurė, ro, Cupa URSS ( Moldov ...
Champion: 1966
Individual
*
Merited Master of Sports: 1966
*
FIFA World Cup Bronze Boot
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Awards
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: 1966
External links
Russian National Team history page
Statistics at Odessa Football
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1944 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kropyvnytskyi
Soviet footballers
Ukrainian people of Armenian descent
Ukrainian footballers
1966 FIFA World Cup players
1970 FIFA World Cup players
FC Chornomorets Odesa players
FC Dynamo Kyiv players
FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi players
FC Dnipro players
Soviet Top League players
Soviet Union international footballers
FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa managers
FC Okean Kerch managers
Soviet football managers
Ukrainian football managers
Association football forwards
Ethnic Armenian sportspeople
Soviet Armenians