Viktor Tsaryov

Viktor Grigoryevich Tsaryov (Russian: Виктор Григорьевич Царёв; 2 June 1931 – 2 January 2017) was a Russian footballer.

Viktor Tsaryov

Tsaryov in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Viktor Grigoryevich Tsaryov
Date of birth	(1931-06-02)2 June 1931
Place of birth	Moscow, USSR
Date of death	2 January 2017(2017-01-02) (aged 85)
Place of death	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder/Defender
Youth career
	FC Dynamo Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1952	MVO Kalinin	0	(0)
1953	MVO Moscow	0	(0)
1954–1966	Dynamo Moscow	298	(12)
International career
1958–1963	USSR	12	(0)
Managerial career
1967–1968	USSR (assistant)
1973–1975	Dynamo Moscow (assistant)
1976	USSR U-18
1979	Dynamo Moscow
1981	USSR U-18
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union UEFA European Championship Winner 1960 France
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career

During his career he played for FC Dynamo Moscow (1954–1966). He earned 12 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, as well as the first ever European Nations' Cup in 1960, where the Soviets were champions.

After retirement, he became a football manager. By 2008, he was the chairman of the board of directors of FC Dynamo Moscow.^[1]

Tsaryov died in Moscow on 2 January 2017 at the age of 85.^[2][3]

Honours

• Soviet Top League winner: 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963.
• Year-end Top 33 players list: 1957, 1959, 1963.
• Captained FC Dynamo Moscow in most games in franchise history (189 official league and cup games).
• Order of Friendship (1997)^[1]
• Order of Honour