Valentin Afonin

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Afonin.

Valentin 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)