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Valentin Ivanov

1934 - 2011

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Valentin Kozmich Ivanov (Russian: Валентин Козьмич Иванов, 19 November 1934 – 8 November 2011) was a Russian footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the co-leading scorer at the 1962 World Cup, and the co-1960 European Nations' Cup top scorer. Ivanov appeared 59 times for the Soviet Union, scoring 26 goals. He is the Soviet national football team's third-highest goalscorer of all time, behind only Oleg Blokhin and Oleg Protasov. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valentin Ivanov is the 506th most popular soccer player (down from 252nd in 2019), the 524th most popular biography from Russia (down from 412th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Valentin Ivanov ranks 506 out of 21,273. Before him are Hans Schäfer, Jan Ceulemans, Kiyoshi Tomizawa, Tadahiko Ueda, Gianfranco Zola, and Roberto Boninsegna. After him are John Toshack, Michihiro Ozawa, Jürgen Grabowski, Norio Yoshimizu, Yukio Shimomura, and Lorenzo Buffon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Valentin Ivanov ranks 107. Before him are Rossana Podestà, Wilford Brimley, Armi Kuusela, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Ornella Vanoni, and Anton Geesink. After him are Fredric Jameson, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Per Olov Enquist, Miguel de la Madrid, Khun Sa, and John Brunner. Among people deceased in 2011, Valentin Ivanov ranks 79. Before him are Johannes Heesters, Ferenc Mádl, Richard Hamilton, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Madame Nhu, and Gunter Sachs. After him are Jimmy Savile, Jesús María Pereda, Richard Winters, Daniel Bell, Juan María Bordaberry, and Walter Bonatti.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Valentin Ivanov ranks 524 out of 3,761. Before him are Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813), Olga Knipper (1868), Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia (1859), Semyon Dezhnev (1605), and Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859). After him are Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev (1832), Chaim Rumkowski (1877), Yuriy Yekhanurov (1948), Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714), Valeri Polyakov (1942), and Elem Klimov (1933).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Russia

Among soccer players born in Russia, Valentin Ivanov ranks 3. Before him are Lev Yashin (1929), and Rinat Dasayev (1957). After him are Igor Netto (1930), Mordechai Spiegler (1944), Eduard Streltsov (1937), Oleg Salenko (1969), Slava Metreveli (1936), Viktor Ponedelnik (1937), Sergei Salnikov (1925), Andrey Arshavin (1981), and Valery Voronin (1939).

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