Valentin Gavrilovich Sapronov ( January 23, 1932 , Avdiivka , Stalino , USSR , USSR - May 16, 2019 ) - Soviet footballer , striker , later a coach. Honored Master of Sports .
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| Full name | Valentin Gavrilovich Sapronov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Was born | January 23, 1932 Avdeevka , USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Is dead | May 16, 2019 (87 years old) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  the USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | attack | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
In the late 1940s, he played for the teams of LFC, “Lokomotiv” from Avdiivka and Yasinovataya . In 1950 he entered the Stalin Metallurgical Technical School, for whose team he began to speak. At the end of 1951, he was noticed and invited to Shakhtar . As part of the Pitmen, he made his debut on July 20, 1952, in a match with Torpedo Moscow [1] . In total, he played 7 matches in the first season and scored 1 goal. In 1956, Sapronov was in the team of the Ukrainian SSR at the Games of the Peoples of the USSR , where he took 3rd place. During his performance for Shakhtar, Sapronov wanted to take CSKA to him, but the transition failed [2] . In the last years of his career, he twice won the USSR Cup and once again was a finalist [3] . In total, for the Donetsk club Sapronov played 270 games, scoring 49 goals [4] .
After completing a career, he headed the department of physical education at Donetsk State University .
Achievements
- "Miner"
- USSR Cup Winner (2) : 1961 , 1962
Notes
- ↑ Torpedo (Moscow) - Shakhtar (Stalino) 2: 1 . FC-Dynamo. The appeal date is June 25, 2014.
- ↑ Sapronov: I wanted to take away CSKA from Moscow, but they hid me in Shakhtar . Championship.com. The appeal date is June 25, 2014.
- ↑ Sapronov Valentin Gavrilovich (USSR, Ukraine) . Football: players, coaches, referees. The appeal date is June 25, 2014. (unavailable link)
- ↑ Valentine SAPRONOV: “Nobody scored Yashin more than me” . Sport.ua. The appeal date is June 25, 2014.