Vladimir Nikitovich Yerokhin (

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: Владимир Никитович Ерохин,

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: Володимир Микитович Єрохін, 10 April 1930 – 6 October 1996) was an

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er from the former

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who played for FC Dynamo Kyiv. He was born in

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, and was a member of the

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's squad for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, but did not win any caps. Yerokhin began his club football career with FC Dynamo Kyiv where he would spend nine seasons in the

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and win the 1961 championship, before finishing his career with

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in the

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. In 1956 Yerokhin played a couple of games for

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at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.Football at the 1956 Spartakiad of the Peoples of USSR
narod.ru He died in

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, aged 66.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yerokhin, Vladimir 1930 births 1996 deaths Footballers from Moscow Soviet men's footballers FC Dynamo Kyiv players FC Avanhard Ternopil players 1958 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football defenders