Valeri Matyunin
{{Short description|Russian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Mikhailovich|Matyunin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Valeri Matyunin
| fullname = Valeri Mikhailovich Matyunin
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1960|7|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR
| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|1|9|1960|7|20|df=y}}
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| height = 1.85 m
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| position = Striker / Midfielder
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| years1 = 1978–1986
| years2 = 1986–1987
| years3 = 1988
| years4 = 1989
| years5 = 1989–1990
| years6 = 1991
| years7 = 1991
| years8 = 1992–1993
| years9 = 1994
| years10 = 1995
| clubs1 = Dynamo Moscow
| clubs2 = Fakel Voronezh
| clubs3 = Arsenal Tula
| clubs4 = Spartak Kostroma
| clubs5 = Dnepr Mogilev
| clubs6 = Tiligul Tiraspol
| clubs7 = APK Azov
| clubs8 = Kuzbass Kemerovo
| clubs9 = Gigant Voskresensk
| clubs10 = Industriya Obninsk
| caps1 = 110
| caps2 = 54
| caps3 = 35
| caps4 = 12
| caps5 = 63
| caps6 = 14
| caps7 = 2
| caps8 = 51
| caps9 = 18
| caps10 = 17
| goals1 = 12
| goals2 = 10
| goals3 = 26
| goals4 = 10
| goals5 = 17
| goals6 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| goals8 = 13
| goals9 = 9
| goals10 = 0
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Valeri Mikhailovich Matyunin ({{langx|ru|Валерий Михайлович Матюнин}}; 20 July 1960 – 9 January 2018{{cite web|url=http://mosff.ru/2018/01/ushel-iz-zhizni-valeriy-matyunin/|script-title=ru:Ушел из жизни Валерий Матюнин|date=9 January 2018|publisher=Moscow Football Federation|language=Russian|access-date=9 January 2018|archive-date=7 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407235046/http://mosff.ru/2018/01/ushel-iz-zhizni-valeriy-matyunin/|url-status=dead}}) was a Russian professional footballer.
Club career
He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1979 for FC Dynamo Moscow.{{FootballFacts.ru|10936}} After winning the 1984 Soviet Cup with Dynamo, Matyunin had spells with FC Fakel Voronezh, FC Arsenal Tula, FC Spartak Kostroma, FC Dnepr Mogilev, FC Tiligul Tiraspol, FC Kuzbass Kemerovo, FC Gigant Voskresensk and FC Industriya Obninsk.{{cite news|publisher=RIA Novosti (Voronezh)|script-title=ru:Скончался бывший футболист воронежского «Факела» Валерий Матюнин |url=https://riavrn.ru/news/skonchalsya-byvshiy-futbolist-voronezhskogo-fakela-valeriy-matyunin-/|language=ru|date=9 January 2018|access-date=29 May 2019}}
Honours
- Soviet Cup winner: 1984.
- Soviet Top League runner-up: 1986.
European club competitions
With FC Dynamo Moscow.
- UEFA Cup 1980–81: 2 games.
- UEFA Cup 1982–83: 1 game.
- European Cup Winners' Cup 1984–85: 3 games.
Referee career
After his retirement as a player, he worked as a referee from 1997 to 2005. The highest level he refereed in was the second-tier Russian Football National League.
Personal life
His son Aleksei Matyunin is a FIFA referee.
References
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Category:Footballers from Moscow
Category:Soviet men's footballers
Category:Russian men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:FC Dynamo Moscow players
Category:FC Fakel Voronezh players
Category:FC Arsenal Tula players
Category:FC Dnepr Mogilev players
Category:FC APK Morozovsk players
Category:Soviet Top League players
Category:FC Spartak Kostroma players
Category:Russian football referees
Category:FC Kuzbass Kemerovo players
Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen
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