Valentin Nikolayev (footballer)

Valentin Nikolayev
Personal information
Full name	Valentin Aleksandrovich Nikolayev
Date of birth	August 16, 1921
Place of birth	Yerosovo, Vladimir Governorate, USSR
Date of death	October 9, 2009 (aged 88)
Place of death	Moscow
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Kazanka Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team
1940–1952	CDKA Moscow
1952
1953	MVO Moscow
National team
1952	USSR
Teams managed
1964–1965	CSKA Moscow
1967–1968	SKA Khabarovsk
1970–1971	Soviet Union
1970–1973	CSKA Moscow
1974–1985	Soviet Union U-21
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Valentin Aleksandrovich Nikolayev (Russian: Валентин Александрович Николаев; August 16, 1921 in Yerosovo, Vladimir Governorate – October 9, 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet football player and coach.

Honours[]

Soviet Top League winner: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970 (as manager).
Soviet Top League runner-up: 1945, 1949.
Soviet Top League bronze: 1964, 1965 (both as manager).
Soviet Cup winner: 1945, 1948, 1951.
Soviet Top League top scorer: 1946 (16 goals), 1947 (14 goals).
Grigory Fedotov Club member: 111 goals.
As a manager: Europe U-23 champion: 1976, Europe U-21 champion: 1980.

International career[]

Nikolayev made his debut for USSR on July 20, 1952 in an Olympics game against Bulgaria. As a manager, he was in charge of USSR national football team from October 1970 until the end of 1971.^[1]

References[]

^ "Valentin Nikolayev". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

External links[]

Profile (in Russian)

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[1] "Valentin Nikolayev". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.

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