Valeri Butenko
Russian footballer and referee (1941–2020)
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Valeri Pavlovich Butenko (Russian: Валерий Павлович Бутенко; 16 July 1941 – 13 February 2020[1]) was a Russian football midfielder and referee, and a Master of Sports of the USSR, known for having acted as referee at one 1986 FIFA World Cup Group D match - the game between Algeria and Northern Ireland on 3 June 1986. After retiring, Butenko served as a match supervisor. His younger brother Andrei Butenko was a football referee as well.
Full name
Valeri Pavlovich Butenko
Date of birth
16 July 1941
Place of birth
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Date of death
13 February 2020 (aged 78)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Valeri Pavlovich Butenko | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Date of death | 13 February 2020 (aged 78) | ||
| Place of death | Moscow | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966 | Dynamo-d Moscow | ||
| 1967 | Dynamo Makhachkala | ||
| 1968–1969 | Shakhter Kiselevsk | ||
| 1969–1970 | Sakhalin Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | ||
| 1971–1974 | Soyuz Moscow | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
| Domestic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1976–1991 | Soviet Top League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1981-1991 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
