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Valeri Zykov

Personal information
Full name Valeri Borisovich Zykov
Date of birth (1944-02-24) 24 February 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Gorky, USSR
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Lokomotiv Gorky
Trudovye Rezervy Gorky
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1965 Volga Gorky
1966–1975 FC Dynamo Moscow 213 (1)
International career
1970–1971 USSR 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valeri Borisovich Zykov (Russian: Валерий Борисович Зыков; born 24 February 1944) is a former Soviet football player. Since 1991 he works for the FC Dynamo Moscow retired former players organization.

Born in Gorky, Zykov began playing youth football with Lokomotiv Gorky. He played as a defender for Volga Gorky and FC Dynamo Moscow, appearing in 213 Soviet league matches. Zykov won the Soviet Cup twice with Dynamo and was awarded Master of Sports of the USSR, International Class.[1]

International career

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Zykov made his debut for USSR on 6 May 1970 in a friendly against Bulgaria. He also played in UEFA Euro 1972 qualifiers (he did not play in the final tournament).

  1. ^ Mereminsky, S.G. "ЗЫ́КОВ". old.bigenc.ru (in Russian). Great Russian Encyclopedia.