Valentin Nikolaev is a famous Soviet football player and coach. He played for the capital team CSKA and the USSR national team. Spent his entire career in the position of the right insider.
A native of Vladimir
Valentin Nikolaev was born in the Vladimir regionAugust 16, 1921, in a small village Erosovo, not preserved to this day. His father worked on the railway. Soon the family moved to Moscow, there were more opportunities for parents and the young Valentine.
In football, he began to play for the team "Kazanka"which was based at the railway depot where his father worked. The depot was located near the Kazan station. Later, this team was transformed into a football club "Lokomotiv".
In the camp of "army"
Окончив школу, Николаев Валентин отправился serve in the army. Soon his sporting successes were noticed by the army authorities, he was attracted to the performance for the CDKA team. It was the main club in the life of Nikolaev, he spent 12 years in it.
In the first season young striker entrenched in the main partteams. In the first championship after the end of the Great Patriotic War, he demonstrated a brilliant game, becoming one of the best scorers of the season. In 1946, he won the USSR championship, the CDKA bypassed Moscow and Tbilisi “Dinamo” by 4 points that season.
In 1947, this success was repeated indramatic ending of the championship. Before the last round of the CDKA and the capital “Dynamo” were equal points. They were to take turns playing away with Volgograd “Tractor”, which was in the middle of the standings. First played the “white-blue”, won 2-0 and came out on top.
For the “army” “Tractor” was a difficult opponent, the first round game ended in a draw 2: 2. However, when the gold medals of the championship were at stake, the CDKA confidently won 5: 0.
Николаев Валентин был одним из самых ярких attacking the post-war Soviet championships, he is known as a member of the famous attacking five of the CDKA, which also included Bobrov, Fedotov, Grinin and Demin.
Disbanding CDCA
Ключевую роль в карьере Николаева сыграли The 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki. The Soviet leaders decided for the first time to send a football team to this tournament. Its backbone was composed of the CDKA players headed by coach Boris Arkadyev, and Nikolayev Valentin Aleksandrovich joined the team.
Already in the 1/16 finals of the USSR national team appearedProblems. The non-strong team of Bulgaria was beaten with great difficulty - 2: 1. In the next round, the Yugoslavs got to the contenders. Match attached great importance, including political. The leader of Yugoslavia, Tito, led the country out of the socialist camp, so relations with the USSR were strained. Valentin Nikolaev was released in the starting lineup, but he didn’t score any goals. And for the break, the Soviet footballers were 0: 3 at all.
К истечению часа игры один мяч отыграл Всеволод Bobrov, but the Yugoslavs differ twice - 1: 5. In the end of the meeting, the USSR national team made a sporting feat, reducing the game to a draw. Bobrov made a hat-trick, Trofimov and Petrov scored a goal. According to the rules replay was appointed. This time the game for the Soviet football players evolved more successfully. Bobrov opened the scoring in the 6th minute. But then the Yugoslavs seized the initiative and won 3: 1.
After that, the management decided todisbanding the team. Valentin Nikolayev spent 187 matches for the CDKA, in which he scored 79 goals. He has not played since then for the USSR Olympic team. Two games with Yugoslavs were the only ones in his career.
Life after a team of lieutenants
After the dissolution of the native club decidedtry yourself in other teams Nikolaev Valentin. Footballer played for the team of the city of Kalinin, spent several matches in the team of the Moscow Military District. However, soon after the CDKA all military teams ceased to exist. Nikolaev decided to end his career. In 32 years.
He began serving as an officer.Until 1963, he commanded various army units in Germany and Belarus. After that he became a football coach. He started with work in the SKA Khabarovsk, then returned to CSKA, with whom he won the USSR championship. In 1974 he headed the youth team, with which he won at two European championships.
At the head of the first team
В 1970 году Валентина Николаева назначили главным coach of the USSR national football team. The first meeting, ironically, was a friendly game with the Yugoslavs. Thanks to goals from Shevchenko, Fedotov, Kolotov and Nodia, the team confidently won - 4: 0.
Nikolaev worked at this post until May 1971, demonstrating a unique result. The team with him never lost.
The team spent 13 matches, 9 of which won. With a goal difference of 31-7.
True, they were mostly friendly meetings.There were only two official games. The qualifying rounds for the European Championship are visiting with Cyprus (3-1 win) and the final match for Nikolaev in the status of the national team head coach with Spain. Victory - 2: 1.
Valentin Nikolaev died in Moscow in 2009, at the age of 88 years.
