Valentin Vasilyevich Sysoyev

Valentin Sysoyev
Personal information
Full name	Valentin Vasilyevich Sysoyev
Date of birth	1887
Date of death	1971
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
National team
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Valentin Vasilyevich Sysoyev (Russian: Валентин Васильевич Сысоев) (born in 1887; died in 1971) was a Russian football player.

Career[]

In 1908, Sysoyev was introduced to football at age 22, while at his parent's cottage in Rastorguevo a visiting Englishman explained the rules to his neighbors. Sysoyev would be one of the first players at newly-formed "ZKS" football club in the Zamoskvorechye District of Moscow.^[1]

International career[]

Sysoyev played his only game for Russia on September 14, 1913 in a friendly against Norway and scored a goal in a 1:1 tie.

References[]

^ "Легенда третья, в которой вы встретитесь со старейшим футболистом страны, с удивительным человеком, не знавшим, что значит уйти с поля без гола". telenir.net (in Russian). Retrieved 12 November 2019.

External links[]

(in Russian) Profile

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[1] "Легенда третья, в которой вы встретитесь со старейшим футболистом страны, с удивительным человеком, не знавшим, что значит уйти с поля без гола". telenir.net (in Russian). Retrieved 12 November 2019.

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