Valery Voronin

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.

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.

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 FUWO European Team of the Year: 1965 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1962