Valeri Pavlovich Butenko (russian: Валерий Павлович Бутенко; 16 July 1941 – 13 February 2020
) was a
Russian
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football midfielder and referee, and a Master of Sports of the
USSR
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, known for having acted as referee at one
1986 FIFA World Cup Group D match - the game between
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and
Northern Ireland
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on 3 June 1986. After retiring, Butenko served as a match supervisor. His younger brother
Andrei Butenko was a football referee as well.
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1941 births
2020 deaths
Russian football referees
Soviet football referees
FIFA World Cup referees
1986 FIFA World Cup referees
Footballers from Moscow
Russian footballers
Soviet footballers
Association football midfielders
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