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{{short description|Russian footballer}}
{{family name hatnote|Borisovich|Bubukin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Valentin Bubukin
| fullname = Valentin Borisovich Bubukin
| image = Valentin Bubukin.jpg
| image_size = 260px
| caption = Bubukin in 2007
| height = 1.80 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|4|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Moscow]], Soviet Union
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|10|30|1933|4|23|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lenta.ru/news/2008/10/30/bubukin/|title=Famous Soviet footballer Valentin Bubukin died|date=2008-10-30|publisher=[[Lenta.ru]]|language=ru|access-date=2008-10-30}}</ref>
| death_place = Moscow, Russia
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1952
| years2 = 1953–1960
| years3 = 1961–1962
| years4 = 1963–1965
| clubs1 = [[VVS Moscow]] (reserves)
| clubs2 = [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow]]
| clubs3 = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| clubs4 = FC Lokomotiv Moscow
| caps1 = 
| caps2 = 150
| caps3 = 20
| caps4 = 118
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 49
| goals3 = 3
| goals4 = 31
| nationalyears1 = 1959–1961
| nationalteam1 = [[USSR national football team|USSR]]<ref name=r1/>
| nationalcaps1 = 11
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| manageryears1 = 1966–1968
| manageryears2 = 1970–1972
| manageryears3 = 1972–1974
| manageryears4 = 1975–1977
| manageryears5 = 1978
| manageryears6 = 1979
| manageryears7 = 1980
| manageryears8 = 1981–1983
| manageryears9 = 1985–1987
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow]]
| managerclubs2 = [[SC Tavriya Simferopol]]
| managerclubs3 = [[FC Karpaty Lviv]]
| managerclubs4 = [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] (assistant)
| managerclubs5 = [[Viettel FC|Thể Công]] ([[Vietnamese Super League|Vietnam]])
| managerclubs6 = CSKA Moscow (assistant)
| managerclubs7 = CSKA Moscow (director)
| managerclubs8 = CSKA Moscow (assistant)
| managerclubs9 = CSKA Moscow (assistant)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|URS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{Medal|Winner|[[UEFA Euro 1960|1960 France]]| }}
}}
'''Valentin Borisovich Bubukin''' ({{langx|ru|Валентин Борисович Бубукин}}; 23 April 1933 – 30 October 2008) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]/Russian [[football (soccer)|footballer]].

==Biography==
Bubukin started training in aged 12 in the club Krylia Sovetov. He then moved to [[VVS Moscow]], but the team was disbanded in 1952, and Bubukin went to [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow]], where he spent most of his career. He made his debut for [[USSR national football team|USSR]] on 6 September 1959 in a friendly against [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]] (he was selected for the [[1958 FIFA World Cup]] squad, but did not play in any games at the tournament). He played in the first ever [[1960 European Nations' Cup|European Nations' Cup in 1960]], which was won by the Soviet team.<ref name=r1/>

After retiring in 1965, he worked as a football manager of Lokomotiv Moscow (1966–1968), [[SC Tavriya Simferopol]] (1970–1972), [[FC Karpaty Lviv]] (1972–1974), [[PFC CSKA Moscow]] (1975–1978, 1981–1987) and CSKA Hanoi (1978), winning the national title with [[Viettel FC|Thể Công]] in Vietnam in 1978.<ref name=r1/>

==Honours==
[[File:RUSMARKA-2043.jpg|thumb|285px|Bubukin on a 2016 Russian stamp from the series "Football Legends"]]
* [[1960 European Nations' Cup]] winner.
* [[Soviet Top League]] runner-up: 1959.
* [[Soviet Cup]] winner: 1957.
* [[Vietnamese Super League|V-League]] winner (as a coach): 1978.

==Awards==
*[[Order of Friendship]] (1997)<ref name=r1/>
*[[Order of Honour (Russian Federation)|Order of Honour]] (2003)
*[[Medal "For Labour Valour"]] (1960)<ref name=r1/>
*Medal of Friendship (Vietnam)<ref name=r1/>

==References==
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<ref name=r1>[http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/bubukin.html Валентин БУБУКИН]. rusteam.permian.ru</ref>
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Valentin Bubukin}}
*[http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/bubukin.html Profile] {{in lang|ru}}

{{Soviet Union squad 1958 FIFA World Cup}}
{{USSR Squad 1960 European Nations' Cup}}
{{SC Tavriya Simferopol managers}}
{{FC Lokomotiv Moscow managers}}
{{FC Karpaty Lviv managers}}

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[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:2008 deaths]]
[[Category:1958 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Soviet Top League players]]
[[Category:FC Lokomotiv Moscow players]]
[[Category:PFC CSKA Moscow players]]
[[Category:Russian football managers]]
[[Category:Russian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Russian expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam]]
[[Category:Soviet football managers]]
[[Category:Soviet men's footballers]]
[[Category:Soviet Union men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1960 European Nations' Cup players]]
[[Category:UEFA European Championship–winning players]]
[[Category:SC Tavriya Simferopol managers]]
[[Category:FC Lokomotiv Moscow managers]]
[[Category:FC Karpaty Lviv managers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Moscow]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen]]

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