Yuriy Voynov
Yuri Nikolayevich Voinov (Russian Юрий Николаевич Войнов; born November 29, 1931 in Korolyov, † 22 April 2003 in Kiev, Ukraine) was a Soviet football player and coach.
Club career
Voinov started with the game of football at a factory team, before the age of 19 came to Zenit Leningrad on Zenit Mytischtschi, where he was able to establish themselves as key players in midfield. He was known in addition to his strength condition for its firepower, especially from free-kicks from a distance. 1955 tried the Football Association to operate his move to a Moscow club, but Voinov could reach to play for Dynamo Kiev, despite the threat of a ban. After several years in the mid-table was reached in 1960 the runner-up title, before the following season succeeded in winning the Soviet Championship title. In 1964 he ended his active career.
International career
His debut for the national football team of the USSR gave Voinov in September 1954 against the runner- Hungary. Due to his refusal to play in Moscow, he remained nearly three years but then disregarded and thus was not in the squad of the Soviet team which won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Melbourne. From 1957 he was back to the root of the national team, where he played mostly on the side of Igor Netto. Voinov was becoming the first player of Dynamo Kiev, which was used in an official international match. He took part in the Football World Cup 1958, where the Soviet selection was eliminated in the quarter- final against hosts Sweden. Voinov was chosen by the sports press in the team of the tournament.
He reached his greatest success in the European Football Championship in 1960, when he was with the Sbornaja European champions. In the final, Yugoslavia was beaten in extra time 2-1, with Voinov initiated the decisive goal by Viktor Ponedelnik. Overall, he played 23 international matches and scored three goals.
After the active career
After end of his career as a player Voinov took the coaching career, where he worked exclusively in Ukraine. His first stop was Chernomorets Odessa, which he led in 1966 to the semi-final of the Soviet Cup in the top flight and right away. In 1967 he took over Sudostroitel Mykolaiv and also reached the Cupsemifinale. After that, he worked on Shakhtar Donetsk, Metalist Kharkiv and Kiev SKA. After Ukraine's independence, he became a leading position in the Ukrainian football league.
Achievements
- European champion in 1960 with the Soviet Union
- Soviet champion: 1961
- Soviet Cup winner: 1964
- Award " Honored Master of Sports "
- European Soccer Championships
- Soviet champion ( football)
- National football team (Soviet Union)
- Soviet citizens
- Football coach (Ukraine )
- Football coach (Soviet Union)
- Born in 1931
- Died in 2003
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