# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valentin-afonin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:01:18.160Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valentin-afonin"
name: "Valentin Afonin"
slug: "valentin-afonin"
description: "Valentin Ivanovich Afonin was a Soviet footballer who played as a defender."
tagline: "Russian footballer (1939–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valentin_Afonin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1939-12-22"
deathDate: "2021-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.29
  momentum:             4.196808510638298
  historical:           15.08182266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Афонін Валентин Іванович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A3%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "فالنتين أفونين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "فالنتين افونين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Валентин Афонин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Afonin"
    title: "Valentin Afonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Afonin"
    title: "Valentin Afonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valent%C3%ADn_Afonin"
    title: "Valentín Afonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%A2%D9%81%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "والنتین آفونین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Afonine"
    title: "Valentin Afonine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentyin_Ivanovics_Afonyin"
    title: "Valentyin Ivanovics Afonyin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Afonin"
    title: "Valentin Afonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Afonin"
    title: "Valentin Afonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walentin_Afonin"
    title: "Walentin Afonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Afonin"
    title: "Valentin Afonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Афонин, Валентин Иванович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Валентин Афонин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Валентин Афонин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentin_Afonin"
    title: "Valentin Afonin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2635156"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump