Valentin Kozmich Ivanov

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Men's Football
Gold 1956 Melbourne Team Competition

Valentin Kozmich Ivanov (Russian: Валентин Козьмич Иванов) (born November 19, 1934 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a football winger/striker, co-leading scorer at the 1962 World Cup and co-1960 European Nations' Cup top scorer. He was known for blistering pace, excellent technique and great dribbling. He could score and create goals equally well. He also took defending seriously and would track back and defend.

Overall, Ivanov appeared 59 times for the Soviet Union, scoring 26 goals. That number is third in national history behind Oleg Blokhin and Oleg Protasov. Ivanov's four goals in the 1962 World Cup tied five other players for the lead, and he also scored two in the 1958 edition. Ivanov spent most of his club career with Torpedo Moscow. He scored 124 goals in 286 appearances in the Soviet Championship, 9th all-time.

Ivanov's son, also named Valentin, is an international football referee.

Preceded by
Just Fontaine		 FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe
1962
Shared with:
Dražan Jerković,
Garrincha, Vavá,
Leonel Sánchez and
Flórián Albert		 Succeeded by
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USSR squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup
1 Yashin • 2 Kesarev • 3 Kriglevski • 4 Kuznetsov • 5 Voinov • 6 Netto • 7 Apukhtin • 8 V. Ivanov • 9 Simonyan • 10 Salnikov • 11 Ilyin • 12 Maslachenko • 13 Belyaev • 14 Ostrovskiy • 15 Maslyonkin • 16 Tsarev • 17 A. Ivanov • 18 Bubukin • 19 Gusarov • 20 Falin • 21 Fiedosov • 22 Yerokhin • Coach: Kachalin
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USSR squad - 1962 FIFA World Cup
1 Yashin • 2 Maslachenko • 3 Kotrikadze • 4 Dubinski • 5 Chokheli • 6 Ostrovskiy • 7 Maslyonkin • 8 Shesternyov • 9 Manoshin • 10 Netto • 11 Sabo • 12 Voronin • 13 Gusarov • 14 Ivanov • 15 Kanevski • 16 Mamykin • 17 Meskhi • 18 Metreveli • 19 Ponedelnik • 20 Serebryanikov • 21 Khusainov • 22 Chislenko • Coach: Kachalin
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