Yuriy Voynov
Soviet Russian and Ukrainian footballer
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Yuriy Nikolayevich Voynov (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Войнов; 29 November 1931 – 22 April 2003) was a Soviet football player and manager, who played as a midfielder.
Full name
Yuriy Mykolayovych Voynov
Date of birth
29 November 1931
Place of birth
Kalininsky, Moscow Oblast, USSR
Date of death
22 April 2003 (aged 71)
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Voynov on a 2016 Russian stamp from the series "Football Legends" | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yuriy Mykolayovych Voynov | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 November 1931 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kalininsky, Moscow Oblast, USSR | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 22 April 2003 (aged 71) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kyiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1949–1950 | Kalinin Plant | |||||||||||||
| 1951–1955 | Zenit | 98 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 1956–1964 | Dynamo Kyiv | 176 | (22) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1954–1960 | USSR | 23 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1956 | Ukraine | 4 | (4) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Dynamo Kyiv (assistant) | |||||||||||||
| 1964–1967 | Chornomorets Odesa | |||||||||||||
| 1967–1969 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | |||||||||||||
| 1969–1970 | Shakhtar Donetsk | |||||||||||||
| 1970 | Chornomorets Odesa | |||||||||||||
| 1970–1972 | Budivelnyk Poltava | |||||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | Metalist Kharkiv | |||||||||||||
| 1976–1977 | SKA Kyiv/SC Chernihiv | |||||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | Temp Shepetivka | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Playing career
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 Ukraine at the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR.[1]
Honours
Player
Club
Dynamo Kyiv
- Soviet Top League Winner: 1961
International
USSR
- European Nations' Cup Winner: 1960
Individudal
- Selected to the FIFA World Cup team of the tournament: 1958
- Ballon d'Or 12th: 1959[2]
- ADN Eastern European Footballer of the Season: 1960[3]