Viktor Grigoryevich Tsaryov (Russian: Виктор Григорьевич Царёв; 2 June 1931 – 2 January 2017) was a Russian footballer.
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
1958–1963 | USSR | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||
1967–1968 | USSR (assistant) | ||||||||||||
1973–1975 | Dynamo Moscow (assistant) | ||||||||||||
1976 | USSR U-18 | ||||||||||||
1979 | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||
1981 | USSR U-18 | ||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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]
Soviet Union squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup | ||
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Soviet Union squad – 1960 European Nations' Cup winners (1st title) | ||
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FC Dynamo Moscow – managers | |
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