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{{short description|Soviet footballer}}
{{Family name hatnote|Ivanovich|Voronin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Valery Voronin
| image = Valery Voronin 1966.jpg
| caption = Voronin in 1966
| fullname = Valery Ivanovich Voronin
| height = 1.81 m<ref>[https://fbref.com/en/players/3dcb7f12/Valery-Voronin Valery Voronin]. fbref.com</ref>
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|df=yes|1939|7|17}}<ref name=r1>[http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/voronin.html Валерий ВОРОНИН]. rusteam.permian.ru</ref><ref name=r2>[http://sportslive.ru/football/valeriy-voronin/ Валерий ВОРОНИН]. sportslive.ru</ref>
| birth_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date  = {{death date and age|df=yes|1984|5|19|1939|7|17}}<ref name=r1/><ref name=r2/>
| death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| position = [[Midfielder|Defensive Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 1952
| youthyears2 = 1953–1954
| youthyears3 = 1955–1957
| youthclubs1 = "Kauchuk" factory team
| youthclubs2 = [[FC Torpedo Moscow]]
| youthclubs3 = FShM Moscow
| years1 = 1958–1969
| clubs1 = [[FC Torpedo Moscow]]
| caps1 = 219
| goals1 = 26
| nationalyears1 = 1960–1968
| nationalteam1 = [[USSR national football team|USSR]]
| nationalcaps1 = 63
| nationalgoals1 = 5
|medaltemplates=
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{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{Medal|Runner-up|[[UEFA Euro 1964|1964 Spain]]| }}
}}

'''Valery Ivanovich Voronin''' ({{langx|ru|Валерий Иванович Воронин}}; 17 July 1939 – 19 May 1984) was a Soviet [[Association football|footballer]] who represented [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]] and the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet national team]]. He was a versatile defensive midfielder whose impressive technical abilities and hard tackling made him one of the most complete midfielders of the 1960s. He was also capable of playing as a central defender.

==Early life==
Valery Voronin was born in Moscow, on 17 July 1939. He started playing football in the child team of the Kauchuk factory in 1952. Then Valery moved to the famous [[FC FShM Torpedo Moscow|FShM]], the youth football school that raised many famous players including [[Igor Chislenko]] and [[Vladimir Fedotov]]. He played for [[FC FShM Torpedo Moscow|FShM]] until 1958 when he joined [[FC Torpedo Moscow|Torpedo Moscow]].

==Career==
During his club career, Voronin played for [[FC Torpedo Moscow]], winning the championship twice, and was the [[Soviet Footballer of the Year]] in 1964 and 1965. Between 1960 and 1968 Voronin earned 63 caps and scored 5 goals for the [[USSR national football team]], and represented the country in the [[1962 FIFA World Cup]] and the [[1966 FIFA World Cup]] World Cups. Voronin was considered an individualist which at times conflicted with the ethos of his national team. During the summer of 1968, he was involved in a serious car accident from which he recovered physically but which left him psychologically scarred. He became a heavy drinker and in May 1984 was found murdered. The investigation into his murder never turned up any leads.<ref name=r1/><ref name=r2/>

==Honours==
[[File:Danilov Cemetery 20170314 121859.jpg|thumb|Voronin's grave at [[Danilov Cemetery]]]]

===Club===
* [[Soviet Top League]]: [[Soviet Top League 1960|1960]], [[Soviet Top League 1965|1965]]
* [[Soviet Cup]]: 1960
* [[Soviet Footballer of the Year]]: 1964, 1965

===Individual===
* [[The best 33 football players of the Soviet Union]] (6): No. 1 (1961, 1963-1965), No. 2 (1960, 1966)
* [[Soviet Footballer of the Year]]: 1964, 1965
*[[Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst|ADN Eastern European Footballer of the Season]]: 1964<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo |website=WebArchive |title=Eastern European Footballer of the season|access-date=5 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200112/http://ukrfootball.ua/news/albert-dzhayich-blohin-stoyichkov-levandovski-shcho-spilnogo|archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>
*''FUWO European Team of the Year'': 1965<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc-supporters.org/fuwo/files/FUWO%201966/FUWO%201966%2001.pdf |website=FCC-Wiki|title=FUWO 1966|access-date=23 April 2024 }}</ref>
* [[FIFA World Cup awards#All-Star Team|FIFA World Cup All-Star Team]]: [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]

==References==
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{{1962 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament}}
{{Soviet Footballer of the Year}}
{{USSR Squad 1962 World Cup}}
{{USSR Squad 1964 European Nations' Cup}}
{{USSR Squad 1966 World Cup}}
{{USSR Squad 1968 UEFA Euro}}
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[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:1984 deaths]]
[[Category:Soviet men's footballers]]
[[Category:Russian men's footballers]]
[[Category:1962 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1964 European Nations' Cup players]]
[[Category:1966 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:UEFA Euro 1968 players]]
[[Category:Soviet Top League players]]
[[Category:FC Torpedo Moscow players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Moscow]]
[[Category:Soviet Union men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Unsolved murders in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:20th-century Russian sportsmen]]

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