Volodymyr Troshkin

Volodymyr Troshkin
Personal information
Full name	Volodymyr Mykolayovych Troshkin
Date of birth	28 September 1947
Place of birth	Yenakiieve, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Date of death	5 July 2020 (aged 72)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Yenakiieve Chemical Plant
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966–1967	Industriya Yenakiieve
1968–1969	SKA Kyiv
1969–1977	Dynamo Kyiv
1978	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Total
International career
1971–1976	USSR Olympic
1972–1977	USSR
Managerial career
1978–1979	SKA Kyiv (assistant)
1979	SKA Kyiv
1980–1982	Avanhard Rivne (assistant)
1983–1984	Avanhard Rivne
1985–1991	Ukrainian SSR youth (assistant)
1992–1996	Ukraine U-21 (assistant)
Medal record
Representing Soviet Union
Men's Football
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Volodymyr Mykolayovych Troshkin (Ukrainian: Володимир Миколайович Трошкін, Russian: Владимир Николаевич Трошкин; 28 September 1947 – 5 July 2020) was a Ukrainian footballer and coach. He was considered by many to be the best right back in 1970s in Ukraine (Ukrainian SSR).^[1] He was born in Yenakiieve.

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Following retirement from playing and coaching career, Troshkin worked as a football functionary in the Ukrainian Association of Football (FFU/UAF) and the Ukrainian Association of Football Veterans.^[2] In Ukrainian Association of Football he headed a committee on players' status and transfers.

He started his professional playing career in Industriya Yenakiieve (today FC Pivdenstal Yenakiieve) in mid 1960s that participated in football competitions of the Soviet Class B (third tier).

In 1968–1969 Troshkin served his "obligatory military duty" (see conscription in the Soviet Union) in SKA Kyiv that played in the Soviet Class A Second Group (second tier).

In 1969 he joined FC Dynamo Kyiv that was coached by Viktor Maslov.^[3]

He earned 31 caps for the USSR national football team, and participated in UEFA Euro 1972. He also won a bronze medal in football at the 1976 Summer Olympics.