Valentin Bubukin

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Borisovich and the family name is Bubukin.

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

Valentin Bubukin

Bubukin in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Valentin Borisovich Bubukin
Date of birth	(1933-04-23)23 April 1933
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Date of death	30 October 2008(2008-10-30) (aged 75)[1]
Place of death	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1952	VVS Moscow (reserves)
1953–1960	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	150	(49)
1961–1962	CSKA Moscow	20	(3)
1963–1965	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	118	(31)
International career
1959–1961	USSR[2]	11	(4)
Managerial career
1966–1968	FC Lokomotiv Moscow
1970–1972	SC Tavriya Simferopol
1972–1974	FC Karpaty Lviv
1975–1977	CSKA Moscow (assistant)
1978	Thể Công (Vietnam)
1979	CSKA Moscow (assistant)
1980	CSKA Moscow (director)
1981–1983	CSKA Moscow (assistant)
1985–1987	CSKA Moscow (assistant)
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union UEFA European Championship Winner 1960 France
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 6 September 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.^[2]

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 Thể Công in Vietnam in 1978.^[2]

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)^[2]
• Order of Honour (2003)
• Medal "For Labour Valour" (1960)^[2]
• Medal of Friendship (Vietnam)^[2]