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{{Short description|Soviet footballer (1939–2021)}}
{{family name hatnote|Ivanovich|Afonin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Valentin Afonin
| image = Valentin Afonin.jpg
| caption = Afonin in 1970
| fullname = Valentin Ivanovich Afonin
| height = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|12|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Vladimir, Russia|Vladimir]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|4|2|1939|12|22|df=yes}}
| death_place = Russia
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1959
| clubs1 = [[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKVO Rostov-on-Don]]
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1960
| clubs2 = [[FC Torpedo Vladimir|Traktor Vladimir]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1961–1967
| clubs3 = [[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don|SKA Rostov-on-Don]]
| caps3 = 147
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1968–1970
| clubs4 = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| caps4 = 80
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 1971–1973
| clubs5 = SKA Rostov-on-Don
| caps5 = 31
| goals5 = 0
| totalcaps = 258
| totalgoals = 1
| nationalyears1 = 1965–1970
| nationalteam1 = [[USSR national football team|USSR]]
| nationalcaps1 = 42
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1972
| managerclubs1 = [[FC SKA Rostov-on-Don]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 1982–1983
| managerclubs2 = [[FC SKA-Energia Khabarovsk|SKA Khabarovsk]]
}}

'''Valentin Ivanovich Afonin''' ({{langx|ru|Валентин Иванович Афонин}}; 22 December 1939 – 2 April 2021) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[defender (association football)|defender]].

==International career==
He played for [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union national team]] (42 matches), and was a participant at the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]], [[1970 FIFA World Cup]] and at the [[1968 UEFA European Football Championship]].

==Honours==
* [[Soviet Top League]]: 1970
* [[Soviet Top League]] runner-up: 1966
* Top 33 players year-end list: 1968, 1969, 1970

== External links ==
* [http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/afonin.html RussiaTeam biography] {{in lang|ru}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120729/http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=14320 Weltfussball] {{in lang|de}}

{{USSR Squad 1966 World Cup}}
{{USSR Squad 1968 UEFA Euro}}
{{USSR Squad 1970 World Cup}}

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[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:Footballers from Vladimir, Russia]]
[[Category:Russian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Soviet men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Soviet Union men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1966 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:UEFA Euro 1968 players]]
[[Category:1970 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Soviet Top League players]]
[[Category:PFC CSKA Moscow players]]
[[Category:FC SKA Rostov-on-Don players]]
[[Category:FC SKA-Khabarovsk managers]]
[[Category:Russian football managers]]
[[Category:FC Torpedo Vladimir players]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen]]

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