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Yuri Aleksandrovich Nyrkov (born June 29, 1924 in Vyshny Volochyok
Vyshny Volochyok

Vyshny Volochyok is a town in Tver Oblast of Russia. The settlement is known since 1471. A highway and a railway connecting Moscow and Saint Petersburg pass through the town....
; died December 20, 2005 in Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
) was a Soviet
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 football player.








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Yuri Aleksandrovich Nyrkov (born June 29, 1924 in Vyshny Volochyok
Vyshny Volochyok

Vyshny Volochyok is a town in Tver Oblast of Russia. The settlement is known since 1471. A highway and a railway connecting Moscow and Saint Petersburg pass through the town....
; died December 20, 2005 in Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
) was a Soviet
Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
 football player.

Honours

  • Soviet Top League
    Soviet Top League

    The Soviet Top League was the top division of Soviet Union football ....
     winner: 1948, 1950, 1951.
  • Soviet Cup
    Soviet Cup

    The Soviet Cup, or USSR Cup , was the premier football cup competition in the Soviet Union....
     winner: 1948, 1951.


International career

Nyrkov made his debut for USSR
USSR national football team

The USSR national football team was the national football team of the Soviet Union. It ceased to exist on the History of the Soviet Union . FIFA considers the CIS national football team as its successor team allocating its former records to them; nevertheless, a large percentage of the team's former players came from outside the Russian...
 on July 15, 1952 in an Olympics
Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Olympic football tournament signalled the arrival of the 'Golden Team'; the 'Magical Magyars': Hungary national football team. Ferenc Pusk?s, the great Hungarian known as the 'Galloping Major' for his military title, said of the 1952 competition: "It was during the Olympics that our football first started to flow with real power." It was...
 game against Bulgaria
Bulgaria national football team

The Bulgaria national football team is the national football team of Bulgaria and is controlled by the Bulgarian Football Union. Bulgaria's best Football World Cup performance was in the Football World Cup 1994 in USA, where they beat defending champions Germany national football team to reach the semi-finals, losing to Italy national footba...
.

Personal

He served in the army in World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. After his retirement from soccer he returned to service and eventually reached the rank of Major General
Major General

Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of Sergeant Major General. A Major General is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of Lieutenant General and senior to the ranks of Brigadier and Brigadier General....
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