Valentin Bubukin
Russian footballer

Valentin Bubukin

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Russian footballer
Gender:
Male
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Russia
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Birth:
23 April 1933(Moscow)
Death:
30 October 2008(Moscow)
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Valentin Borisovich Bubukin (Russian: Валентин Борисович Бубукин; 23 April 1933 – 30 October 2008) was a Soviet/Russian footballer.

Biography

Bubukin started training in aged 12 in the club Krylia Sovetov. He then moved to VVS Moscow, but the team was disbanded in 1952, and Bubukin went to FC Lokomotiv Moscow, where he spent most of his career. He made his debut for USSR on September 6, 1959 in a friendly against Czechoslovakia (he was selected for the 1958 FIFA World Cup squad, but did not play in any games at the tournament). He played in the first ever European Nations' Cup in 1960, which was won by the Soviet team.

After retiring in 1965, he worked as a football manager of Lokomotiv Moscow (1966–1968), SC Tavriya Simferopol (1970–1972), FC Karpaty Lviv (1972–1974), PFC CSKA Moscow (1975–1978, 1981–1987) and CSKA Hanoi (1978), winning the national title with CSKA Hanoi in Vietnam in 1978.

Honours

Bubukin on a 2016 Russian stamp from the series "Football Legends"
  • 1960 European Nations' Cup winner.
  • Soviet Top League runner-up: 1959.
  • Soviet Cup winner: 1957.
  • V-League winner (as a coach): 1978.

Awards

  • Order of Friendship (1997)
  • Order of Honour (2003)
  • Medal "For Labour Valour" (1960)
  • Medal of Friendship (Vietnam)
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