Yuriy Voynov

Yuriy Voynov

Voynov on a 2016 Russian stamp from the series "Football Legends"
Personal information
Full name	Yuriy Mykolayovych Voynov
Date of birth	(1931-11-29)29 November 1931
Place of birth	Kalininsky, Moscow Oblast, USSR
Date of death	22 April 2003(2003-04-22) (aged 71)
Place of death	Kyiv, Ukraine
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1950
1951–1955	Zenit	98	(5)
1956–1964	Dynamo Kyiv	176	(22)
National team
1954–1960	USSR	23	(2)
1956	Ukraine	4	(4)
Teams managed
1963	Dynamo Kyiv (assistant)
1964–1967	Chornomorets
1967–1969	Sudnobudivnyk
1969–1970	Shakhtar
1970	Chornomorets
1970–1972	Budivelnyk
1972–1973	Metalist
1976–1977	SKA Kyiv / SC Chernihiv
1978–1979	Sudnobudivnyk
1992	Temp
Honours Representing  Soviet Union UEFA European Championship Winner 1960 France
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Yuriy Mykolayovych Voynov (Ukrainian: Юрій Миколайович Войнов, Russian: Юрий Николаевич Войнов; 29 November 1931 – 22 April 2003) was a Soviet and Ukrainian football player and manager.

Honours[]

• 1960 European Nations' Cup Winner
• Soviet Top League Winner: 1961
• Selected to the 1958 FIFA World Cup team of the tournament
• Ballon d'Or 12th: 1959^[1]

International career[]

He earned 23 caps for the USSR national football team, and represented the country in the 1958 FIFA World Cup and the 1960 European Nations' Cup, where the USSR were crowned the first ever European champions. Also, he was listed as one of the best XI after the 1958 World Cup by Dr. Friedebert Becker.

In 1956 Voinov played couple of games for the Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.^[2]

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• Profile (in Russian)
• Yuriy Voynov at Find a Grave