Yuri Pavlovich Falin (russian: Юрий Павлович Фалин) (2 April 1937, in

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– 3 November 2003, in Moscow) was a

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football player.

Honours

Soviet Top League The Soviet Top League, known after 1970 as the Higher League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу: Высшая лига), served as the top division of Soviet Union football from 1936 until 1991. The professional top level ...

winner: 1960, 1962. *

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 ...

winner: 1960, 1963, 1965.

International career

Falin made his debut for

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on May 18, 1958 in a friendly against

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. He played for USSR at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

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1937 births 2003 deaths Russian men's footballers Soviet men's footballers Soviet Union men's international footballers 1958 FIFA World Cup players FC Torpedo Moscow players FC Spartak Moscow players FC Kairat players FC Shinnik Yaroslavl players Soviet Top League players Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Russian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders {{USSR-footy-bio-stub