Valentin Kozmich Ivanov (November 19, 1934 – November 8, 2011) was a football

Football (soccer)

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 winger/striker

Striker

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, co-leading scorer at the 1962 World Cup

1962 FIFA World Cup

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 and co-1960 European Nations' Cup top scorer.

Ivanov appeared 59 times for the Soviet Union

USSR national football team

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, scoring 26 goals. That number is third in national history behind Oleg Blokhin

Oleg Blokhin

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 and Oleg Protasov

Oleg Protasov

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.

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. He spent most of his club career with Torpedo Moscow

FC Torpedo Moscow

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. He scored 124 goals in 286 appearances in the Soviet Championship, 9th all-time.

Family

Ivanov's son, also named Valentin

Valentin Valentinovich Ivanov

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 (born 1961), is a retired international football referee.

Death

Ivanov died on November 8, 2011, shortly before his 77th birthday, following a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease

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.

Club statistics

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|1953||rowspan="14"|Torpedo Moscow

FC Torpedo Moscow

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||rowspan="14"|Top League

Soviet Top League

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|1954||22||7
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|1955||13||5
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|1956||21||13
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|1957||22||14
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|1958||18||14
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|1959||21||6
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|1960||17||8
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|1961||23||9
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|1962||13||4
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|1963||36||17
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|1964||30||14
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|1965||22||7
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|1966||11||2
287||124
287||124
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National team statistics

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|1955||2||1
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|1956||5||2
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|1957||5||1
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|1958||8||4
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|1959||3||1
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|1960||6||4
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|1961||7||0
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|1962||7||5
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|1963||6||3
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|1964||6||2
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|1965||5||3
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!Total||60||26
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