Valery Voronin
{{short description|Soviet footballer}}
{{Family name hatnote|Ivanovich|Voronin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Valery Voronin
| image = Valery Voronin 1966.jpg
| caption = Voronin in 1966
| fullname = Valery Ivanovich Voronin
| height = 1.81 m[https://fbref.com/en/players/3dcb7f12/Valery-Voronin Valery Voronin]. fbref.com
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1939|7|17}}[http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/voronin.html Валерий ВОРОНИН]. rusteam.permian.ru[http://sportslive.ru/football/valeriy-voronin/ Валерий ВОРОНИН]. sportslive.ru
| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1984|5|19|1939|7|17}}
| death_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| position = Defensive Midfielder
| youthyears1 = 1952
| youthyears2 = 1953–1954
| youthyears3 = 1955–1957
| youthclubs1 = "Kauchuk" factory team
| youthclubs2 = FC Torpedo Moscow
| youthclubs3 = FShM Moscow
| years1 = 1958–1969
| clubs1 = FC Torpedo Moscow
| caps1 = 219
| goals1 = 26
| nationalyears1 = 1960–1968
| nationalteam1 = USSR
| nationalcaps1 = 63
| nationalgoals1 = 5
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{{MedalCompetition|UEFA European Championship}}
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Valery Ivanovich Voronin ({{langx|ru|Валерий Иванович Воронин}}; 17 July 1939 – 19 May 1984) was a Soviet footballer who represented Torpedo Moscow and the Soviet national team. He was a versatile defensive midfielder whose impressive technical abilities and hard tackling made him one of the most complete midfielders of the 1960s. He was also capable of playing as a central defender.
Early life
Valery Voronin was born in Moscow, on 17 July 1939. He started playing football in the child team of the Kauchuk factory in 1952. Then Valery moved to the famous FShM, the youth football school that raised many famous players including Igor Chislenko and Vladimir Fedotov. He played for FShM until 1958 when he joined Torpedo Moscow.
Career
During his club career, Voronin played for FC Torpedo Moscow, winning the championship twice, and was the Soviet Footballer of the Year in 1964 and 1965. Between 1960 and 1968 Voronin earned 63 caps and scored 5 goals for the USSR national football team, and represented the country in the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1966 FIFA World Cup World Cups. Voronin was considered an individualist which at times conflicted with the ethos of his national team. During the summer of 1968, he was involved in a serious car accident from which he recovered physically but which left him psychologically scarred. He became a heavy drinker and in May 1984 was found murdered. The investigation into his murder never turned up any leads.
Honours
=Club=
- Soviet Top League: 1960, 1965
- Soviet Cup: 1960
- Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1964, 1965
=Individual=
- The best 33 football players of the Soviet Union (6): No. 1 (1961, 1963-1965), No. 2 (1960, 1966)
- Soviet Footballer of the Year: 1964, 1965
- ADN Eastern European Footballer of the Season: 1964{{cite web|url=http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo |website=WebArchive |title=Eastern European Footballer of the season|access-date=5 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200112/http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo|archive-date=2016-03-04 }}
- FUWO European Team of the Year: 1965{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201966/FUWO%201966%2001.pdf |website=FCC-Wiki|title=FUWO 1966|access-date=23 April 2024 }}
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1962
References
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{{1962 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament}}
{{Soviet Footballer of the Year}}
{{USSR Squad 1962 World Cup}}
{{USSR Squad 1964 European Nations' Cup}}
{{USSR Squad 1966 World Cup}}
{{USSR Squad 1968 UEFA Euro}}
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Category:Soviet men's footballers
Category:Russian men's footballers
Category:1962 FIFA World Cup players
Category:1964 European Nations' Cup players
Category:1966 FIFA World Cup players
Category:UEFA Euro 1968 players
Category:Soviet Top League players
Category:FC Torpedo Moscow players
Category:Footballers from Moscow
Category:Soviet Union men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Unsolved murders in the Soviet Union
Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen
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