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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Afonin.
 Afonin in 1970 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Valentin Ivanovich Afonin | ||
| Date of birth | (1939-12-22)22 December 1939 | ||
| Place of birth | Vladimir, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Date of death | 2 April 2021(2021-04-02) (aged 81) | ||
| Place of death | Russia | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959 | SKVO Rostov-on-Don | 0 | (0) |
| 1960 | Traktor Vladimir | ||
| 1961–1967 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 147 | (0) |
| 1968–1970 | CSKA Moscow | 80 | (1) |
| 1971–1973 | SKA Rostov-on-Don | 31 | (0) |
| Total | 258 | (1) | |
| International career | |||
| 1965–1970 | USSR | 42 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1972 | FC SKA Rostov-on-Don (assistant) | ||
| 1982–1983 | SKA Khabarovsk | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Valentin Ivanovich Afonin (Russian: Валентин Иванович Афонин; 22 December 1939 – 2 April 2021) was a Soviet footballer who played as a defender.
International career
He played for Soviet Union national team (42 matches), and was a participant at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, 1970 FIFA World Cup and at the 1968 UEFA European Football Championship.
Honours
- Soviet Top League: 1970
- Soviet Top League runner-up: 1966
- Top 33 players year-end list: 1968, 1969, 1970
External links
- RussiaTeam biography (in Russian)
- Weltfussball (in German)
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| Soviet Union squad – UEFA Euro 1968 fourth place | ||
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| Soviet Union squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup | ||
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- 1939 births
- 2021 deaths
- Footballers from Vladimir, Russia
- Russian men's footballers
- Soviet men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Soviet Union men's international footballers
- 1966 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 1968 players
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- Soviet Top League players
- PFC CSKA Moscow players
- FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players
- FC SKA-Khabarovsk managers
- Russian football managers
- FC Torpedo Vladimir players
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
- Soviet football biography stubs
- Russian football defender stubs