Viktor Tsaryov

Viktor Tsaryov
	Tsaryov in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Viktor Grigoryevich Tsaryov
Date of birth	2 June 1931
Place of birth	Moscow, USSR
Date of death	2 January 2017 (aged 85)
Place of death	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder/Defender
Youth career
	FC Dynamo Moscow
Senior career*
Years	Team
1952	MVO Kalinin
1953	MVO Moscow
1954–1966	Dynamo Moscow
International career
1958–1963	USSR
Managerial career
1967–1968	USSR (assistant)
1973–1975	Dynamo Moscow (assistant)
1976	USSR U-18
1979	Dynamo Moscow
1981	USSR U-18
Medal record
Representing Soviet Union
UEFA European Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Viktor Grigoryevich Tsaryov (Russian: Виктор Григорьевич Царёв; 2 June 1931 – 2 January 2017) was a Russian footballer.

Career

During his career he played for FC Dynamo Moscow (1954–1966). He earned 12 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, as well as the first ever European Nations' Cup in 1960, where the Soviets were champions.

After retirement, he became a football manager. By 2008, he was the chairman of the board of directors of FC Dynamo Moscow.^[1]

Tsaryov died in Moscow on 2 January 2017 at the age of 85.^[2]^[3]

Soviet Top League winner: 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963.
Year-end Top 33 players list: 1957, 1959, 1963.
Captained FC Dynamo Moscow in most games in franchise history (189 official league and cup games).
Order of Friendship (1997)^[1]
Order of Honour

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